What will happen if we drop a few drop off an phenolepthaline in in sodium acetate solution?

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What will happen if we drop a few drop off an phenolepthaline in in sodium acetate solution?

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Answer 1 · 2018-02-18T07:23:20

I don't think anything happens...

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Since sodium acetate is the conjugate base of acetic acid $(C H_{3} C O O H)$ $(CH_3COOH)$ , then it would be a neutral salt. However, it is formed by the reaction of sodium hydroxide $(N a O H)$ $(NaOH)$ and acetic acid $(C H_{3} C O O H)$ $(CH_3COOH)$ . The reaction is as follows:

$C H_{3} C O O H (a q) + N a O H (a q) \to C H 3 C O O N a (a q) + H_{2} O (l)$ $CH_3COOH(aq)+NaOH(aq)->CH3COONa(aq)+H_2O(l)$

Acetic acid is a weak acid, while sodium hydroxide is a strong base.

So, it looks to me like if an aqueous sodium acetate solution was created, it would be slightly basic, and therefore would turn phenolphthalein pink.

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https://www.quora.com/Is-sodium-acetate-classified-as-an-acid-or-a-base

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