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Core Reactions II: Acid-base
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Learning Objectives
  • Concepts:
    • coefficient, balanced chemical reaction, ion exchange reaction, net ionic reaction, spectator ion(s)
    • solubility rules, soluble, insoluble, strong acid, weak acid, monoprotic acid, diprotic acid, polyprotic acid, organic acid, inorganic acid
  • Skills:
    • Know what acids decompose into a gas and water
    • Know and be able to write equations for the general reactions of acids with metals, oxides, hydroxides, carbonates, hydrogencarbonates, sulfites and sulfides
    • Know and use strong and weak acids in ion exchange reactions
    • Be able to identify substances as either strong electrolyte or weak electrolyte or nonelectrolyte
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Preamble: Chemical Reactions
  • 1. Combination/Synthesis
    • Combination reactions are ones where the reactants are two different elements or an element and a compound or two compounds which combine to produce a single compound.
    • Element A + Element B à Single Compound containing A and B
    • A metal and a non-metal can combine to form an ionic compound or two non-metals can combine to form a covalent compound.
    • Two metals cannot combine to form compounds however. (They do mix to give alloys, which is a mixture and not a compound however.)
    • Or
    • Element A + Compound BC à Single Compound containing A, B & C elements
    • Or
    • Compound AB + Compound CD à Single Compound containing A, B, C & D elements
    • Sometimes these reactions are also referred to as a synthesis reaction.
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Preamble: Chemical Reactions
  • 2. Combustion
  • Combustion reaction is reaction between a substance (element or compound) and oxygen.
  • This is essentially the reaction that takes place when a substance burns in air.
  • Combustion reaction is the source of most of the energy we use.
    • Combustion of natural gas (methane) is the reaction that release heat energy used in cooking food.
    • Combustion of petrol is the reaction that take place in the engine of a motor vehicle the energy evolved driving it.
  • The product(s) of combustion of an element is always the oxide of the element.
    • Mg(s) + O2(g) à MgO(s)
    • S(s) + O2(g) à SO2(g)
    • C(s) + O2(g) à CO2(g)
    • N2(g) + O2(g) à NO(g)
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Preamble: Chemical Reactions
    • H2(g) + O2(g) à H2O(l) (the oxide of hydrogen)
  • Notice that the reaction between an element and oxygen can be classified as both combination and combustion.
  • When a compound burns the oxides of the elements that make up the compound are formed.
    • When you burned methane in the lab, for instance, the products formed are carbon dioxide and water.
    • The reason those two oxides are formed is because methane is made up of carbon and hydrogen.
      • CH4(g) + O2(g) à CO2 + H2O(l)
  • 3. Ion-exchange/double displacement (replacement)/metathesis/precipitation reaction
    • Salt solution 1 + salt solution 2 à precipitate of insoluble salt + solution of other salt
    • As you know by now, for the above reaction to occur, one of the products has to be insoluble.
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Preamble: Chemical Reactions
  • 4. Next we will look at firstly a variety of reactions involving acids, namely:
    • i) Metal-acid—displacement reactions
    • ii)  Metal oxide-acid
    • iii) Metal hydroxide-acid—neutralization reaction (acid base reaction)
    • iv) Carbonate-, hydrogencarbonate-, sulfite-, hydrogensulfite-, sulfide-acid
  • 5. And also at Oxide hydration reactions
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Acid-Base reactions: Acid definition and examples
  • Acids (according to Arrhenius definition) are compounds that produce hydrogen ions in solution.
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Classification of acids
  • Classification by type: inorganic  (HCl, HBr, H2SO4) and organic (CH3COOH).
  • Classification by composition: binary (HCl, HBr) and oxyacids (H2SO4, HNO3, HClO4, H2CO3).
  • Classification by strength: Strong (HCl, HBr, H2SO4) and weak (H2S, H2CO3, CH3COOH).
  • Classification by the number of hydrogen in it: monoprotic (HBr, HNO3, HClO4, CH3COOH), diprotic (H2SO4, H2CO3)  and polyprotic (H3PO4).
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Acid anhydrides of some select acids
  • Many oxides of non-metals when dissolved in water produce acids. The oxides of non-metals, the starting materials for inorganic acids are referred to as acid anhydrides (anhydride = “without water”).
  • Acid anhydrides produce acids (oxacids) when dissolved in water (hydrated).
  • Most oxacids have a corresponding acid anhydride. The following equations show some selected acid anhydrides undergoing hydration to produce their corresponding acid.
  • SO2 (g) + H2O (l) ® H2SO3 (aq) SO3 (g) + H2O (l) ® H2SO4 (aq)
  • N2O5 (g) + H2O (l) ® 2HNO3 (aq) N2O3 (g) + H2O (l) ® 2HNO2 (aq)
  • P2O5 (s) + 3H2O (l) ® 2H3PO4 (aq) P2O3 (s) + 3H2O (l) ® 2H3PO3 (aq)
  • CO2 (g) + H2O (l) ® H2CO3 (aq)
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Base
  • For now, bases are hydroxides of metals. Later we will refine this definition further.
  • Some of the hydroxides dissolve in water (called alkalis) to produce hydroxides ion, while others are insoluble but react with acids to produce salt and water.
  • The term anhydride also applies to bases. All oxides of metals are referred to as  base anhydrides.
  • Just as many acid anhydrides undergo hydration to produce their corresponding acid, group IA oxides, and only these, undergo hydration to produce their corresponding base.
    • M2O (s) + H2O (l) ® 2MOH (aq)
  • Where, M = group IA metal. For example:
    • Na2O (s) + H2O (l) ® 2NaOH (aq)
    • K2O (s) + H2O (l) ® 2KOH (aq)
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Strong and Weak Acids
  • Strong acids are acids that dissociate (ionize) completely in water, while weak acids are acids that either do not undergo dissociation at all or undergo only partial dissociation.
  • The strong acids you need to know are: HCl (aq), HBr (aq), HI (aq), H2SO4 (aq), HNO3 (aq), HClO4 (aq)
  • Example of some weak acids are: HF (aq), H2S (aq), H2CO3 (aq), H2SO3 (aq), CH3COOH(aq). (You will add more to this list.)
  • What does complete and partial dissociation mean?
  • HB(s l or g)                 H+(aq) + B–(aq)
  • Complete dissociation means that all of HB will ionize into the hydrogen ions and the anion.
  • One mol of the acid HB will produce in 1 mol each of H+(aq) and B–(aq) ions in the solution.
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Dissociation of strong and weak acid
  • A strong acid HA (left) is completely ionized in water. A weak acid HB (right) exists mostly as undissociated HB molecules in water. Note that the water molecules are not shown in this figure.
  • Examples:
  • HCl(aq) is completely ionized.
  • Ethanoic acid (CH3COOH) exists in water mostly as undissociated molecules. Only a small percentage of the molecules are ionized.
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Stength and concentration of ions
  • HB(s l or g)                   H+(aq) + B–(aq)
  • Partial dissociation means that if 1 mol of the acid is dissolved in water, some molecules of HB will remain intact, and so less than 1 mol each of H+(aq) and  B–(aq) ions result (see previous slide).
  • Another way of putting it is to say that a 1M solution of strong acid such HCl will produce a solution that is 1molar in concentration of both H+ and Cl– ions.
  • But 1M solution of ethanoic acid (CH3COOH) will contain some undissociated (unionized) CH3COOH molecules, and therefore will be less than 1 mol dm–3 of each of H+ and CH3COO– (ethanoate) ions.
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Strong Bases
  • Similarly, strong bases are bases that dissociates completely in water just like strong acids.
  • For now, bases are hydroxides of metals. Later we will refine this definition further.
  • All hydroxides of Group IA metals and Ca, Sr, and Ba are strong bases.
    • They dissolve in water to produce hydroxide ions.
    • These are referred to as alkalis.
  • Other metal hydroxides are insoluble but react with acids to produce salt and water
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Weak Bases
  • Weak bases do not dissociate completely.
  • Ammonia is a weak base.
  • Aqueous ammonia is a solution of ammonia which reacts with water and forms ammonium and hydroxide ions only to some degree.
  • NH3 (aq) + H2O (l) l NH4+ (aq) + OH –(aq)
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Some common strong acids and bases
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 Strength, Electrolytic properties and Conductivity
  • Because strong acids undergo complete dissociation, they are better conductors of electricity in solution than weak acids, they are stronger electrolytes than weak acids.
  • An electrolyte is a compound which in solution conducts electricity.
  • Free floating ions are responsible for conduction of electricity by a solution.
  • Equal concentrations of strong and weak acids, because of the different degree of dissociation, contain different concentration of ions—a strong acid contains higher concentration of ions leading to better conductivity.
  • Similarly, bases (hydroxides) which dissolve in water (all hydroxides of Group IA metals and Ca, Sr, and Ba) are strong electrolytes.
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Electrical conductivity of aqueous solutions.
  • (a) strong electrolyte, therefore strong conduction (b) weak electrolyte therefore weak conduction
    (c) non-electrolyte therefore no conductivity
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Electrolytic behavior summary
  • So, in general all strong acids, strong bases and soluble ionic compounds are strong electrolytes.
  • Weak acids and bases are weakly conducting, and therefore weak electrolytes.
  • Molecular compounds (such as CO, O2, C6H12O6) that don’t produce ions in aqueous solution are nonelectrolytes.
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Characteristic reactions of acids
  • I. Reactions with metals—if they react with a metal, they produce salt and hydrogen gas.
    • General form of the molecular equation and examples:
    • Metal(s) + Acid (aq) ® Salt (aq) + H2 (g)
    • Strong acid: Zn (s) + 2 HCl (aq) ® ZnCl2 (aq) + H2 (g)
    • Weak acid: Zn (s) + 2 CH3COOH (aq) ® Zn(CH3COO)2 (aq) + H2 (g)
    • Full ionic equations:
    • Strong acid: Zn (s) + 2 H+ (aq) + 2 Cl- (aq) ® Zn2+ (aq) + 2 Cl- (aq) + H2 (g)
    • Weak acid: Zn (s) + 2 CH3COOH (aq) ® Zn2+ (aq) + 2 CH3COO- (aq) + H2 (g)
    • General forms of the net-ionic equation and examples:
    • Strong acid: Metal (s) + H+ (aq) ® Metal ion (aq) + H2 (g)
    • Eg. Zn(s) + 2H+ (aq) ® Zn2+ (aq) + H2 (g)
    • Weak acid: Metal (s) + HB (aq) ® Metal ion (aq) + B- (aq) + H2 (g)
    • Eg. Zn(s) + CH3COOH (aq) ® Zn2+ (aq) + 2 CH3COO- (aq) + H2 (g)
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Characteristic reactions of acids continued
  • II. Reactions with solid metal oxides—they produce salt and water.
    • General form of the molecular equation:
    • Metal oxide (s) + Acid (aq) ® Salt (aq) + H2O (l)
      • Strong acid: Na2O (s) +  H2SO4 (aq) ® Na2SO4 (aq) + H2O (l)
      • Weak acid: Na2O (s) + 2CH3COOH (aq) ® 2NaCH3COO (aq) + H2O (l)
    • Full ionic equations:
      • Strong acid: Na2O (s) + H+ (aq) +  SO42- (aq) ® 2Na+ (aq) + SO42- (aq) + H2O (l)
      • Weak acid: Na2O (s) + CH3COOH (aq) ® Na+ (aq) + CH3COO-(aq) + H2O (l)
    • General form of the net-ionic equation and examples:
    • Strong acid: Metal oxide (s) + H+ (aq) ® Metal ion (aq) + H2O (l)
      • Eg. Na2O (s) + H+ (aq) ® 2 Na+(aq) + H2O (l)
    • Weak acid: Metal oxide (s) + HB (aq) ® Salt (aq) + H2O (l)
      • Eg. Na2O (s) + CH3COOH (aq) ® 2Na+ (aq) + 2 CH3COO- (aq) + H2O (l)
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Characteristic reactions of acids continued
  • III. Reactions with aqueous and solid hydroxides—results in salt and water
    • Aqueous hydroxides: General form of molecular equation and example:
    • Metal hydroxide (aq) + Acid (aq) ® Salt (aq) + H2O (l)
      •   E.g. NaOH (aq) +  H2SO4 (aq) ® Na2SO4 (aq) + H2O (l)
    • Full ionic equation:
      • E.g. Na+ (aq) + OH- (aq) + H+ (aq) +  SO42- (aq) ® Na+ (aq) + SO42- (aq) + H2O (l)
    • General form of net-ionic equation and example:
    • Strong acid: Metal hydroxide (s) + H+ (aq) ® Metal ion (aq) + H2O (l)
      • E.g. OH- (aq) + H+ (aq) ® H2O (l)

  • How do the equations change if a weak acid is used? And how does the equations for reactions involving a solid hydroxide vary?
  • Check previous examples or the next couple of slides.
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Characteristic reactions of acids continued
  • IV. Reactions with solid carbonates, hydrogencarbonates, sulfites, hydrogen sulfites—reaction where a weak acid is produced.
    • In this type of reactions, the weak acid products either are unstable and dissociate into a gas and water (as in the case of carbonates, hydrogen carbonates, sulfites and hydrogensulfites) or is liberated as gas (as in the case of sulfides).
    • General forms of molecular equations for reactions with carbonates and hydrogen carbonates:
    • Metal carbonate (s or aq) + Acid (aq) ® Salt (aq) + H2CO3 (aq)
    • But, carbonic acid is unstable and will dissociates spontaneously.
    • H2CO3 (aq) ® CO2 (g) + H2O (l)
    • \ Metal carbonate (s or aq) + Acid (aq) ® Salt (aq) + CO2 (g) + H2O (l)
    • Similarly,
    • Metal hydrogencarbonate (s) + Acid (aq) ® Salt (aq) + H2CO3 (aq)
    • But, H2CO3 (aq) ® CO2 (g) + H2O (l)
    • \ Metal hydrogencarbonate (s or aq) + Acid (aq) ® Salt (aq) + CO2 (g) + H2O (l)
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Examples of reactions with carbonates
  • Reaction with carbonate
    • Na2CO3 (s) + 2HCl (aq) ® 2NaCl (aq) + CO2 (g) + H2O (l)
  • Full ionic equation:
    • 2Na+ (aq) + CO32 -(aq) + 2H+ (aq) +  2Cl- (aq) ® 2Na+ (aq) + 2Cl- (aq) + CO2 (g) + H2O (l)
  • Net Ionic equation
    • CO32 -(aq) + 2H+ (aq) ® CO2 (g) + H2O (l)
  • Reaction with hydrogencarbonate
    • NaHCO3 (s) + HCl (aq) ® NaCl (aq) + CO2 (g) + H2O (l)
  • Full ionic equation:
    • 2Na+ (aq) + HCO3 -(aq) + H+ (aq) +  Cl- (aq) ® Na+ (aq) + Cl- (aq) + CO2 (g) + H2O (l)
  • Net Ionic equation
    • HCO32 -(aq) + H+ (aq) ® CO2 (g) + H2O (l)
  • How would the equations vary if a weak acid were used?
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Sulfites
  • General forms of molecular equation:
    • Metal sulfite (s or aq) + Acid (aq) ® Salt (aq) + H2SO2 (aq)
    • But, sulfurous acid is also unstable just like carbonic acid and will spontaneously dissociate.
    • H2SO3 (aq) ® SO2 (g) + H2O (l)


    • \ Metal sulfite (s or aq) + Acid (aq) ® Salt (aq) + SO2 (g) + H2O (l)
  • Similarly,
    • Metal hydrogensulfite (s) + Acid (aq) ® Salt (aq) + H2SO3 (aq)
    • But, H2SO3 (aq) ® SO2 (g) + H2O (l)
    • \ Metal hydrogensulfite (s or aq) + Acid (aq) ® Salt (aq) + SO2 (g) + H2O (l)
  • How would the full and net ionic equation look like?
  • How are they different if the salt is in solution as opposed to being in the solid state?
  • How do they vary when a weak acid is used?
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Sulfides
  • General forms of molecular equation:
  • Metal sulfide (s or aq) + Acid (aq) ® Salt (aq) + H2S (g)
  • Because hydrogen sulfide is a weak acid, it does not dissolve or dissociate into hydrogen ion and HS– to any appreciable extent.
  • What would full and net ionic equations look like?
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To summarize
  • The general form of the reactions considered so far:
  • Ion-exchange reaction:
    • Reactant salt 1(aq) + Reactant salt 2(aq) ® Product salt 1(s) + Product salt 2(aq)
    • NB: If neither of the products is insoluble, then there is no reaction.


  • Anhydride hydration:
    • Base anhydride(s) + H2O (l) ® Metal hydroxide (aq)
    • NB: Applicable only to Group I oxides.


    • Acid anhydride (g or s) + H2O (l) ® Acid (aq)
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Summary of Acid Reactions
  • Reactions of acids:
    • Metal(s) + Acid (aq) ® Salt (aq) + H2 (g) NB: Not ALL metals react with acids.
    • Metal oxide (s) + Acid (aq) ® Salt (aq) + H2O (l)


    • NB: You can’t have a solution of a metal oxide; if the oxide dissolves, it produces a hydroxide!


    • Metal hydroxide (s or aq) + Acid (aq) ® Salt (aq) + H2O (l)
    • Metal carbonate (s or aq) + Acid (aq) ® Salt (aq) + CO2 (g) + H2O (l)
    • Metal hydrogencarbonate (s or aq) + Acid (aq) ® Salt (aq) + CO2 (g) + H2O (l)
    • Metal sulfite (s or aq) + Acid (aq) ® Salt (aq) + SO2 (g) + H2O (l)
    • Metal hydrogensulfite (s or aq) + Acid (aq) ® Salt (aq) + SO2 (g) + H2O (l)
    • Metal sulfide (s or aq) + Acid (aq) ® Salt (aq) + H2S (g)
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Comparison of the three types of equations
  • The difference between molecular and full ionic equations:
    • In the full ionic equation, strong electrolytes (salt solutions, strong acids and strong bases) appear in  their dissociated (aqueous ionic) form. All other reagents are the same in both equations.
  • The difference between full ionic and net ionic equations:
    • The spectator ions in the full ionic equation—the aqueous ions that remain aqueous at the end of the reaction—do not appear in the net ionic equation.
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Summary of Reactions
  • 1. Combination/Synthesis
  • 2. Combustion
  • 3. Ion-exchange/double displacement (replacement)/metathesis
  • 4. Acid reactions
    • i). Acid-metal reactions
      • Metal + Acid à Salt + Hydrogen
    • ii). Metal oxide-acid reaction
      • Metal oxide + Acid à salt + water
    • iii). Metal hydroxide-acid (neutralization) reaction
      • Metal hydroxide + Acid à salt + water
    • iv). Carbonate-, hydrogencarbonate-, sulfite-, hydrogensulfite- sulfide-,  acid reactions
      • Metal carbonate (hydrogencarbonate) + Acid à salt + water + carbon dioxide
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Summary of Reactions
      • Metal sulfite (hydrogensulfite) + Acid à salt + water + sulfur dioxide
      • Metal sulfide + Acid à salt + water + hydrogen sulfide
  • 5. Acid and base anhydride hydration reaction
    • When soluble oxides of a metal or a non-metal reacts with water, the product is either an alkali or an acid.
    • Metal oxide + water à alkali
    • Non-metal oxide + water à Acid
  • 6. The next reaction we will consider: Redox.


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React Questions
  • 1. Consider two separate aqueous solutions: one of a weak acid HA and one of HCl. Assume 10 molecules of each acid. Draw a picture of what each solution looks like. What are the major species in each beaker?
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React Questions
  • 2. Draw molecular-level pictures of the following:
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React Questions








  • 3. Consider an aqueous solution of 2.0 ´ 10-3 M HCl. What are species in solution?
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Practice Questions: Multiple Choice
  • 1. MH05/24. Which methods will distinguish between equimolar solutions of a strong base and a strong acid?
      • I. Add magnesium to each solution and look for the formation of gas bubbles.
      • II. Add aqueous sodium hydroxide to each solution and measure the temperature change.
      • III. Use each solution in a circuit with a battery and lamp and see how bright the lamp glows.
    • A. I and II only B. I and III only C. II and III only D. I, II and III
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Practice Questions
  • 1. Complete each of the following reactions and write full ionic as well as balanced net ionic equations. (If you don’t know the names of the compounds name them too!)
  • CaCO3 (s) + HCl (aq) ®

  • Full ionic Equation:

  • Net Ionic Equation:

  • NaSO3 (s) +  CH3COOH (aq) ®

  • Full ionic Equation:

  • Net Ionic Equation:
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Practice Questions
  • Rb2O (s)  +  H2SO4 (aq)   ®
  • Full ionic Equation:
  • Net Ionic Equation:
  • Cu(OH)2 (s)  +  H2SO4 (aq)   ®
  • Full ionic Equation:
  • Net Ionic Equation:
  • NaHSO3 (s) +  H2SO4 (aq) ®
  • Full ionic Equation:
  • Net Ionic Equation:
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Practice Questions
  • MgS(s)  +  H2SO4 (aq)   ®
  • Full ionic Equation:
  • Net Ionic Equation:
  • NaOH (aq) + HCl (aq) ®
  • Full ionic Equation:
  • Net Ionic Equation:
  • NaSO3 (aq) +  H2SO4 (aq) ®
  • Full ionic Equation:
  • Net Ionic Equation:
  • CaCO3 (aq) + CH3COOH (aq) ®
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Practice Questions
  • 2. Write net ionic equations for the following reactions.
    • a) Solutions of lithium carbonate and ethanoic acid are mixed.



    • b) Solutions of sodium sulfide and sulfuric acid are mixed.



    • c) A spatula of potassium hydrogensulfite is dropped in hydrochloric acid in a beaker.



    • d) A spatula of sodium oxide is added to ethanoic acid in a beaker.



    • e) A small amount of magnesium sulfide is added to hydrochloric acid in a beaker.


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Practice Questions
    • f) A small coil of iron is dropped into sulfuric acid in a beaker.



    • g) Copper(II) hydroxide is reacted is with hydrobromic acid.



    • h) A solution of iron (II) sulfite is added to ethanoic acid.



    • i) A solution of sodium hydrogen sulfite is added to sulfuric acid in a beaker.



    • k) Sulfur dioxide is bubbled through water.
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Practice Questions: Structured
  • 3. MS03/7b. (i) Calcium carbonate is added to separate solutions of hydrochloric acid and ethanoic acid of the same concentration. State one similarity and one difference in the observations you could make. [2]


    • (ii) Write an equation for the reaction between hydrochloric acid and calcium carbonate. [2]



    • (iii) Determine the volume of 1.50 mol dm–3 of hydrochloric acid that would react with exactly 1.25 g of calcium carbonate. [3]


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Practice Questions: Structured
    • (iv) Calculate the volume of carbon dioxide, measured at 273 K and
      1.01 × 105 Pa, which would be produced when 1.25 g of calcium carbonate reacts completely with the hydrochloric acid. [2]






  • 4. MS03/7a. Define the terms strong acid and weak acid. Using hydrochloric and ethanoic acid as examples, write equations to show the dissociation of each acid in aqueous solution. [4]