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Chemistry Forums for Students => High School Chemistry Forum => Topic started by: IBM on September 08, 2018, 01:38:23 PM
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I have two questions from the equation below
NaOH + H2SO4 = NaHSO4 + H2O
1. How do I get H2O?
If I split NaOH, I get Na+ and OH-, OH- ion from NaOH and H+ ion from H2SO4 combine to form H2O?
2. Why Na+ combined to HSO4 to form NaHSO4 because H+ and SO4- combined to form a neutral compound so there is no need for an extra proton. So why Na+ is combined to HSO4? Could you please explain?
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You already figuerd out that you get OH- from NaOH and H+ from H2SO4 this will recombine to H2O
So Na+ is left and from H2SO4 there is still HSO4- left. This will get NaHSO4.
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1) yes. 2) This reaction is called double displacement as well as neautralization reaction.double displacement reaction is switching the charges,in Na+OH- ,Na+ is combine with HSO4- and H+ is combine with OH-.
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You already figured out that you get OH- from NaOH and H+ from H2SO4 this will recombine to H2O
So Na+ is left and from H2SO4 there is still HSO4- left. This will get NaHSO4.
Do you You mean to say If I split H2SO4, we get 2H+ + SO4²⁻, and one H+ combined to form HSO4⁻. After that Na+ from NaOH combined to HSO4⁻ and form a neutral compound NaHSO4 and OH- from NaOH combined to another H+ from H2SO4 to form H2O? Please let me clarify.
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You can write H2SO4 as H & HSO4,this H+ ion is combine with OH- to form H2O and Na+ ion is combine with HSO4 to form NaHSO4.Mentioned 2 reactant is switched their charges with other reactant ,which is called double displacement reaction.
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You already figured out that you get OH- from NaOH and H+ from H2SO4 this will recombine to H2O
So Na+ is left and from H2SO4 there is still HSO4- left. This will get NaHSO4.
Do you You mean to say If I split H2SO4, we get 2H+ + SO4²⁻, and one H+ combined to form HSO4⁻. After that Na+ from NaOH combined to HSO4⁻ and form a neutral compound NaHSO4 and OH- from NaOH combined to another H+ from H2SO4 to form H2O? Please let me clarify.
Sulfuric acid has two dissoziation reactions.
1. H2SO4 => H+ + HSO4-
2. HSO4- => H+ + SO42-
If you add NaOH the first reaction takes place. After the first H+ is neutralized, the second reaction takes place.
I your case there is not enough NaOH so you have only the first reaction.
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Thanks a lot.