Is nitrate an acid or a base?

Answer 1

Lead Nitrate is the salt of a strong acid (nitric acid) and a weak base (lead (II) or lead (IV) hydroxide).

Salts like these are somewhat acidic so lead nitrate (regardless of the oxidation state of lead) is an acid.

Answer 2

Neither. It is considered a salt. The silver cation will act very very slightly like an acid, but not noticeably

Answer 3

No, in order to be an acid a substance must contain hydrogen.

Answer 4

no. with H added to nitrate, it will be an acid

Answer 5

Potassium nitrate is a neutral salt of potassium ions (K+) and nitrate ions (NO3-) which both are neutral in aquous solution.

Answer 6

silver nitrate is not a weak base in fact it is not a base or considered as an acid but it is considered a salt.

Answer 7

It is an acid (HNO3), hence the name nitric acid.

Answer 8

it is a salt

Answer 9

It is classified as a SALT.