How does salt affect the pH of water?

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anor277
Aug 12, 2017

Common salt would not affect the #pH# of water to any extent.....

Explanation:

#NaCl(s) stackrel(H_2O)rarrNa^(+) + Cl^(-)#

Neither sodium ion nor chloride ion effects water hydrolysis.

There are of course other salts, for instance, sodium fluoride, that would lead to hydrolysis:

#NaF(aq) +H_2O(l) rightleftharpoonsHF(aq) + HO^-#

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