A salt that is derived from the reaction of a strong acid with a strong base forms a solution that has a pH of 7. An example is sodium chloride, formed from the neutralization of HCl by NaOH….Salts That Form Neutral Solutions.

Sodium chloride, which is obtained by neutralization of hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide, is a neutral salt. Neutralization of any strong acid with a strong base always gives a neutral salt.

Keep in mind that a salt will only be basic if it contains the conjugate base of a weak acid. Sodium chloride, for instance, contains chloride (Cl–), which is the conjugate base of HCl. But because HCl is a strong acid, the Cl– ion is not basic in solution, and it isn’t capable of deprotonating water.

This is why NaCl is a neutral salt. In General: Salts containing halides (except F-) and an alkaline metal (except Be2+) will dissociate into spectator ions. Salts that are from strong bases and weak acids do hydrolyze, which gives it a pH greater than 7.

Ionic bonds usually occur between metal and nonmetal ions. For example, sodium (Na), a metal, and chloride (Cl), a nonmetal, form an ionic bond to make NaCl. In a covalent bond, the atoms bond by sharing electrons.

Terms in this set (11) When water is added to NaCl (salt), the polar water molecules surround the sodium and chloride ions, and the ionic compound dissociates. -The process by which the charged particles in an ionic solid separate from one another is called dissociation.

When added to ice, salt first dissolves in the film of liquid water that is always present on the surface, thereby lowering its freezing point below the ices temperature. Ice in contact with salty water therefore melts, creating more liquid water, which dissolves more salt, thereby causing more ice to melt, and so on.