Baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) is often used to neutralize spills of acids on the benchtop of the laboratory. What mass of sodium bicarbonate would be needed to neutralize a spill consisting of 25.2 mL of 6.01 M hydrochloric acid solution?

Respuesta :

Answer : The mass of [tex]NaHCO_3[/tex] needed is, 12.7 grams.

Explanation :

First we have to calculate the moles of HCl.

[tex]\text{Moles of }HCl=\text{Concentration of }HCl\times \text{Volume of }HCl[/tex]

[tex]\text{Moles of }HCl=6.01M\times 0.0252L=0.151mol[/tex]

Now we have to calculate the moles of [tex]NaHCO_3[/tex]

The balanced neutralization reaction will be:

[tex]HCl+NaHCO_3\rightarrow NaCl+H_2O+CO_2[/tex]

From the balanced chemical reaction we conclude that,

As, 1 mole of HCl neutralizes by 1 mole of [tex]NaHCO_3[/tex]

So, 0.151 mole of HCl neutralizes by 0.151 mole of [tex]NaHCO_3[/tex]

Now we have to calculate the mass of [tex]NaHCO_3[/tex]

[tex]\text{ Mass of }NaHCO_3=\text{ Moles of }NaHCO_3\times \text{ Molar mass of }NaHCO_3[/tex]

Molar mass of [tex]NaHCO_3[/tex] = 84 g/mole

[tex]\text{ Mass of }NaHCO_3=(0.151moles)\times (84g/mole)=12.7g[/tex]

Therefore, the mass of [tex]NaHCO_3[/tex] needed is, 12.7 grams.