Question

You will be adding a solution containing potassium carbonate to a solution containing hydrochloric acid. What risk is associated with this?

Answer 1

Explanation:

The reaction of potassium carbonate with hydrochloric acid is as follow -

Potassium Carbonate + Hydrochloric acid → Potassium Chloride + Water + Carbon Dioxide.

In the above reaction , the metal carbonate reacts with an acid to give salt , water and carbon dioxide .

The reaction is an exothermic reaction , as the release of carbon dioxide , is indicated by vigorous effervescence .

Hence ,

The temperature of the reaction increases a lot and hence the reaction is very dangerous .

Therefore , the reaction is very risky to perform.