Please give details. (I don't want to know that it explodes.)
2007-01-25 14:30:41 · 4 answers · asked by sportsmurjr 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
HCl is a strong acid and NaOH is a strong base, so mixing them together will produce a lot of heat. The products are salt or Sodium chloride (NaCl) and water (H2O). Since one is an acid and one is a base they will neutralize each other!
The chemical equation is as follows:
HCl + NaOH --> NaCl + H2O
2007-01-25 14:58:04 · answer #1 · answered by Ruiz 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Sodium hydroxide is a base. Hydrochloric acid is of course an acid. When an acid reacts with a base they neutralize each other (cancel out each other) and salt and water are form. In this reaction, the sodium from the base displaces (takes the place of) the hydrogen in the acid. Now the sodium has joined the chloride where the hydrogen used to be (HCl now NaCl). This is the salt formed. Now for the water. The hydrogen has moved to the hydroxide which forms the H-O-H molecule or H20. This is where water is made. So the prducts are the salt NaCl (sodium chloride) and H20 (water).
2007-01-25 15:05:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
HCl is an acid and NaOH is a base, so mixing them may cause a bit of smoke depending on how strong they are, but the products are salt and water... acids and bases neutralize each other!
the reaction is actually balanced...
HCl + NaOH --> NaCl + H2O
2007-01-25 14:43:42 · answer #3 · answered by itutorchem 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The mixture would heat up due to the combination of H+ ions from the acid with OH- ions from the NaOH. The result would be a solution of table salt.
2016-03-29 02:56:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They react and liberate a LOT of heat! Dilute solutions on the order of 0.5N or 1.0N of HCl and NaOH are used regularly in titrations.
2007-01-25 14:44:32 · answer #5 · answered by johnnysb805 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋