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Offline Bekah

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How do you write a balanced equation for the reaction of sodium hydroxide and hydrochloric acid?

How do you write a balanced equation for the reaction of sodium hydroxide and phosphoric acid?

Thanks for any help you can offer.

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How do you write A balanced equation or The belanced equation?

If you meant the balanced eqn, the general rxn between an acid and a base is:
Acid + base ---> water + salt

For the first one:
NaOH +  HCl ---> H20 + NaCl

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yes, I meant The balanced equation.  :)

so for the second question the answer is

NaOH + H3PO4---->H2O + NaCl

Are these balanced?

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NaOH + H3PO4---->H2O + NaCl

Where did phosphorus go?  NaCl is just one example of a salt.  Salts are just ionic compounds: eg. NaH2PO4.

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woops....

NaOH + H3PO4-----> H2O + NaPO4?

balancing?


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3NaOH + H3PO4 → Na3PO4 + 3H2O.


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