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  Name the ions present in the following salts. Name the acid and base from which they can be obtained. Magnesium sulphate, Sodium carbonate, potassium chloride

Answer:

                (a) Water soluble bases are called alkalies, e.g., NaOH, KOH. Thus, all alkalies are bases but all bases are not alkali.                              (1)     (b) Substances which gives off ions in solution show acidic properties. Out of the substances given, sugar, alcohol and urea do not produce ions in solutions. Hence they will not show acidic properties. (2)