What is a salt? Define salt hydrolysis. Categorize salts according to how they affect the pH of a solution

Salt is a compound resulting from a chemical reaction of acid and base in which hydrogen atoms in acid are replaced by metal atoms in base.

Salt hydrolysis is a reaction is a reaction in which one of the ions from a salt reacts with water, forming either an acidic or basic solution

Salt can be categorized as:

1. Salt that form basic solution

This results when a weak acid and strong base.

2. Salt that form acidic solution

This results when a strong acid and a weak base

3. Salt that for neutral solution

This results when a strong acid reacts with a strong base.