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chemistry
Category: Science > Chemistry Asked by: teatea-ga List Price: $4.00 |
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19 Jul 2003 14:02 PDT
Expires: 18 Aug 2003 14:02 PDT Question ID: 232850 |
Write a balanced chemical equation for the reaction between H2SO4 and KOH. b. Write the ionic equation fot the reaction. c. Write the net ionic equation for the reaction. |
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Re: chemistry
Answered By: elmarto-ga on 19 Jul 2003 16:05 PDT Rated: |
Hello teatea! Here are the answers to your questions. a. We know that an acid-base reaction will form water and a salt. We know that KOH dissociates as K(1+) and OH(1-). Also, H2SO4 dissociates as 2 H(1+) and SO4(2-). So OH(1-) and H(1+) form H20 water (leaving us with a free H). Thus we need another molecule of KOH in order to balance the equation. The 2 K(+1) and SO4(-2) will form K2SO4. The balanced equation is then: 2 KOH + H2SO4 ---> 2 H20 + K2SO4 b. It's now easy to write the net ionic equation 2 K(1+) + 2 OH(1-) + 2 H(1+) + SO4(2-) ----> 2 H20 + 2K(1+) + SO4(2-) c. Cancelling the 2 K(1+) and SO4(2-) from both sides of the ionic equations leaves us with the net ionic equation 2 OH(1-) + 2 H(1+) -----> 2 H20 To learn more about balanced chemical equations, ionic equations and net ionic equations, check: Balanced Chemical Equations http://server.chem.ufl.edu/~itl/2045_s99/lectures/lec_3.html Balancing Ionic Equations http://www.cofc.edu/genchemlab/ionic.htm Net Ionic Equation http://www.iun.edu/~cpanhd/C101webnotes/chemical%20reactions/netioniceq.html Google search strategy balanced chemical equation ionic equation net ionic equation Best wishes! elmarto |
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