1. Tardigrade
  2. Question
  3. Chemistry
  4. Regular use of which of the following fertilizer increases the acidity of soil?

Question Error Report

Thank you for reporting, we will resolve it shortly

Back to Question

Q. Regular use of which of the following fertilizer increases the acidity of soil?

AIEEEAIEEE 2007The p-Block Elements - Part2

Solution:

$(NH_4)_2\, SO_4$ is a salt of strong acid and weak base, on hydrolysis it ill produce $H^+$ ion. This will increase the acidity of soil.
$(NH_4)_2\,SO_4 \rightarrow 2NH^+_4 + SO^{2-}_4$
$NH^+_4 + H_2O \rightleftharpoons NH_4OH + H^+$
Hence, (4) is correct answer.