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ZnSO4 is an amphoteric salt, thus both weakly acidic and weakly basic.

However the solution of Zn2+ and SO42- ions is slightly more acidic (pKa(Zn2+) = 9.66) than basic (pKb(SO42-) = 12.08).

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