Question

Predict the products of the reaction below

Answer 1

Answer:

HNO₃ + NaOH ---> NaNO₃ + H₂O

Explanation:

This reaction appears to be a double-displacement reaction. In these reaction, the cation of one compound is swapped with the cation of another.

As such, the hydrogen cation (H⁺) from HNO₃ is swapped with the sodium cation (Na⁺) of NaOH.

Luckily, all of the cations have a +1 charge and the anions have a -1 charge. This means that no coefficients are necessary to balance the reaction.

The complete balanced equation is:

HNO₃ + NaOH ---> NaNO₃ + H₂O