Some sulfuric acid is spilled on a lab bench. You can neutralize the acid by spr

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Some sulfuric acid is spilled on a lab bench. You can neutralize the acid by sprinkling sodium hydrogen carbonate on it and then mopping up the resultant solution. The sodium hydrogen carbonate reacts with sulfuric acid producing sodium sulfate, water, and carbon dioxide. Sodium hydrogen carbonate is added until the fizzing due to the formation of carbon dioxide stops. If 27.0mL of 6.6 M sulfuric acid was spilled, what is the minimum mass of sodium hydrogen carbonate that must be added to the spill to neutralize the acid?

Explanation / Answer

moles of sulphuric acid=27*6.6*10^-3

=0.1782

so the number of moles of sodium hydrogen carbonate=0.1782*2

=0.3564.

so mass required=0.3564*8429.9376 grams

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