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Three sodium salts , and are made up as solutions. The conjugate acids have values (HA), (HB) and (HC). Use and . Which statements are correct?

  1. AThe pH of exceeds that of by 2.0 units.
  2. BThe degree of hydrolysis of is 10 times that of .
  3. CThe pH of is 9.5.
  4. D is the strongest conjugate base of the three.

Answer: A, C

pH values: NaA , NaB , NaC , so the first and third statements hold. gives , , , so , not 10. The weakest acid HC has the strongest conjugate base .
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