Hydrolysis of salts Place dry salts into flat beakers and dissolve in 3-4 ml of distilled water. Wet the stirring rod with distilled water and test the pH of water by touching the stirring rod to pH paper strip. Wet the stirring rod with salt solution and test the pH of salt solution by touching the stirring rod to pH paper strip. After a couple of seconds, the color must be compared with a color chart to get a number and determine if the liquid is acidic, basic or neutral. Do not re-use a pH paper to retest or test another chemical. Note your observations. Write: net-ionic equations for the reaction of each salt with water (the first stage only) indicate whether the solution is acidic, basic or neutral 1. 2. 3. explain the pH of water sample. Sample ous 22 Sample Nr.1 distilled water Sample Nr.2 AICI 3 Sample Nr.3: K2CO3 DH 8 pH 5.5 Why? (Reactions) salt of ydrolys Hydrolysis reaction: sample Nr.2 A/C/3 + 3H20 A1 (H₂0)6 + 3C1​