Which one of these salts will form a basic solution upon dissolving in water? A) KBr B) KClO3 C)...

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Which one of these salts will form a basic solution upon dissolvingin water?

A) KBr
B) KClO3
C) LiCl
D) NaNO3
E) NH4NO3

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Let AB be the salt of an acid AH and the base HOB There are 2 possibilities with AH and HOB ie AH can be strongweak acid and HOB can be strongweak base Depending on this we can have 4 possible combinations as iAH Strong acid HOB Strong base SASB iiAH Strong acid HOB Weak Base SAWB iiiAHWeak acid HOBStrong base WASB ivAH Weak acid HOB Weak base WAWB And depending on this AB can be a salt of SASB SAWB WASB WAWB    See Answer
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