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Classify AlCl3 , ZnSO4 as acidic,basic or neutral salts

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AlCl3 is an acidic salt as it has the tendency to accept an electron pair and so behaves as lewis acid and in aqueous medium it releases hydrochloric acid (HCl) and aluminium oxide.
While, ZnSOā€‹4ā€‹ is a neutral salt however, in aquous medium it behaves slightly acidic and its pH is less than 7.

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