Subjective Type

Give reasons for the following: Sodium hydrogen sulphate is not an acid but it dissolves in water to give hydrogen ions, according to the equation $$NaHSO_{4} \leftrightharpoons H^{+} + Na^{+} + SO_{4}^{2-}$$

Solution

Sodium hydrogen sulfate is not an acid but it dissolves in water to give hydrogen ions. Sodium hydrogen sulfate $$\left[\mathrm{NaH} \mathrm{SO}_{4}\right]$$ is an acid salt and is formed by the partial replacement of the replaceable hydrogen ion in a dibasic acid $$H_{2}SO_{4}$$.

The [H] atom in $$NaHSO_{4}$$ makes it behave like an acid.

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