What is the chemical equation for KC2H3O2 + xH2O becoming deliquescent?

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What is the chemical equation for KC2H3O2 + xH2O becoming deliquescent?

2007-11-15 15:31:02 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry

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"Deliquescent" just means that it is going into solution, by extracting water vapour from the atmosphere.

So the equation is just

KC2H3O2(s) + x H2O(vap) = KC2H3O2(aq)

or in ionic form,

KC2H3O2(s) + x H2O(vap) = K+(aq) + C2H3O2-(aq)

2007-11-16 01:20:33 · answer #1 · answered by Facts Matter 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋