Is sodium acetate acidic, basic, or neutral and why?

Answer 1

Sodium acetate is a salt derived from a strong base NaOH and a weak acid CH3COOH. When CH3COONa is placed in water we have a basic solution.
The qualitative reason why sodium acetate gives a basic solution is this : CH3COONa is a strong electrolyte and its dissociation is 100% so we have CH3COO- and Na+.
CH3COO- disturbs the water equilibrium
H2O<> H+ + OH- by tying up some H+ and thereby reducing the concentration of hydrogenion ion below the concentration of hydroxide ion.

Answer 2

Sodium Acetate Acid Or Base

Answer 3

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Is sodium acetate acidic, basic, or neutral and why?

Answer 4

sodium acetate is weakly basic, in aqueous solution it dissociates into Na+ and acetate- (AcO-) which is the conjugate base of acetic acid. If you imagine the concentration of AcO- increasing in water;

water naturally undergoes dissocoation into ions;

H2O ---> H+ + OH-
then the acetate comes into solution where you get the following equilibrium;

-OAc + H+ <-----> HOAc (acetic acid)

overall the concentration of H+ decreases so the solution becomes more basic

Answer 5

It is *not* a weak base.
As the conjugate base of acetic acid, it is a relatively strong base!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_acetate

Answer 6

Consider: [Al(H2O)6]3+ <----> H+ + [Al(H2O)5(OH)]2+ This hydrolysis equation shows that aluminium salts are considerably acidic. 1M solutions are about pH 3, so 0.1M would be pH 4.