Error in Conquering Chemistry re; Acidic and Basic Salts? (1 Viewer)

[Looking Glass]

Conquering Chemistry (2005) states the following; In a salt formed from a weak acid and a strong base, the anion is a weak base and so the salt in aqueous solution has a pH greater than 7.

Yet everywhere else a weak acid would form a strong conjugate base. Now, if you think about the statement, wouldn't the anion being a strong base explain better why the solution would have a pH greater than 7 (as it is therefore able to strip a proton from a water molecule which is acting as a weak acid)?

Thanks in advance for any responses.

 

[xiao1985]

Unfortunately, everywhere else is wrong.

A weak acid will form a weak conjugate base,
a strong base will form a VERY VERY weak conjugate acid.

It comes down to definition: if it forms an equilibrium in a practical sense, it's weak.