Question

Explain why you get a basic solution when you dissolve NaF in water.

Answer 1

Na is a alkaline earth metal

Metallic compound dissolved in water acts as base

Also there is another reason

Na F is ioniC

Fluorine is known as having highest electron affinity in world

It can accept a line pair of OH-

So it's Bronsted Lowry base .

• It can also acts as Arrhenius base

Hence its basic

Answer 2

The fluoride ion is capable of reacting, to a small extent, with water, accepting a proton. The fluoride ion is acting as a weak Brønsted-Lowry base. The hydroxide ion that is produced as a result of the above reaction makes the solution slightly basic.

So

we get a basic solution when you dissolve NaF in water.