can you use sodium sulfate and water instead of just sulfuric acid in a car battery?

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can you use sodium sulfate and water instead of just sulfuric acid in a car battery?

2007-06-06 15:01:17 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry

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Sodium sulfate is essentially sulfuric acid that has been completely neutrilized with sodium hydroxide

2 NaOH + H2SO4 > Na2SO4 + 2 H2O

It definately won't work

2007-06-06 15:18:08 · answer #1 · answered by Flying Dragon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

The Sulfuric acid is needed for the H+ in order to create an acidic medium in order for the lead to change oxidation states to create a current.

2007-06-06 23:11:59 · answer #2 · answered by jrb229 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋

nope. The chemical reaction is different and ineffective to produce a current

2007-06-06 22:08:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋