Which of the following salts with a concentration $0.1$ M will give a basic solution?

Ammonium acetate

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Ammonium chloride

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Ammonium sulphate

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Sodium acetate

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Solution

The correct option is C Sodium acetate
$C H_{3} C O O N a + H_{2} O ⇌ C H_{3} C O O H + N a O H$
$N a O H ⇌ N a^{+} + O H^{-}$
When Sodium Acetate or $C H_{3} C O O N a$ dissolves in water it will break and forms two types of ions, $C H_{3} C O O^{-}$ reacts with $H^{+}$ and forms (weak acid) Acetic Acid ( $C H_{3} C O O H$ ), and $N a^{+}$ reacts with $O H^{-}$ , and forms $N a O H$ , which is a strong base, and for this the solution becomes alkaline or basic in nature.

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