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4 years ago

Complete the acid-base reaction between butyric acid HC4H7O2 and potassium hydroxide KOH.

1 answer:

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An acid-base reaction or a neutralization reaction is a <u>chemical reaction that occurs between an acid and a base producing a salt and water</u>. The acids and bases can be strong or weak depending on their degree of ionization in water.

Butyric acid is a weak acid and in water it is ionized in the following way, loosing a proton (H+):

HC4H7O2 (aq) ⇆ H+ (aq) + C4H7O2- (aq)

On the other hand, potassium hydroxide is a strong base, so it will be completely ionized in water:

KOH(aq) → K+(aq) + OH-(aq)

Then the <u>net acid-base reaction</u> between butyric acid and KOH is:

HC4H7O2 (aq) + OH- (aq) ⇆ H2O + C4H7O2- (aq)

It is valid to consider only the OH- produced from the ionization of KOH in water since, as mentioned, this molecule is completely ionized. Also, we do not include the K + in the net equation since it is a spectator ion, it does not undergo chemical changes.

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4 years ago

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Answer:

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Explanation:

From the question given above, the following data were obtained:

Height (h) = 72 m

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Acceleration due to gravity (g) = 9.8 m/s²

Energy (E) =?

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E = mgh

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E => is the energy.

g => is the acceleration due to gravity

m => is the mass.

h => is the height.

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