Question

Aqueous hydrochloric acid will react with solid sodium hydroxide to produce aqueous sodium chloride and liquid water . Suppose 35. g of hydrochloric acid is mixed with 73.0 g of sodium hydroxide. Calculate the minimum mass of hydrochloric acid that could be left over by the chemical reaction. Round your answer to significant digits.

Answer 1

No mass of HCl could be left over by the chemical reaction because is the limting reactant and it is all consumed.

Step-by-step explanation:

Our reactants are: HCl and NaOH

Products are: NaCl and H₂O

This is a neutralization reaction that can also be called an acid base reaction, an acid and a base react to produce water and a neutral salt, in this case where we have strong acid and base.

Ratio is 1:1. We convert mass to moles:

35 g . 1 mol / 36.45 g = 0.960 moles of HCl

73 g . 1 mol / 40 g = 1.82 moles of NaOH

As ratio is 1:1, for 0.960 moles of HCl we need 0.960 moles of NaOH and for 1.82 moles of NaOH, we need 1.82 moles of acid.

As we only have 0.960 moles of HCl and we need 1.82 moles, no acid remains after the reaction goes complete. HCl is the limiting reactant, so the acid, it is all consumed.