There are a couple of ways todetermine if a reaction is exothermic or endothermic. Endothermic meaning that heat is added to the reaction to make the reactants interact and exothermic meaning heat is released during the reaction between the two reactants.
In endothermic reactions you can find a triangle above the arrow.
Answer is: this is an example of an Arrhenius acid.
An Arrhenius acid is a
substance that dissociates in water to form hydrogen ions or protons (H⁺).
For example hydrochloric acid: HCl(aq) → H⁺(aq) + Cl⁻(aq).
An Arrhenius base is a
substance that dissociates in water to form hydroxide ions (OH⁻<span>).
In this example lithium hydroxide is an Arrhenius base:</span>
LiOH(aq) → Li⁺(aq) + OH⁻(aq).
B <span>Divide the chemical equation into two half-reaction equations, identifying which half-reaction is oxidation and which is reduction
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The balanced equation for the above reaction is as follows;
Na₂SO₄ + BaCl₂ --> BaSO₄ + 2NaCl
Na₂SO₄ reacts with BaCl₂ in the molar ratio 1:1
Number of Na₂SO₄ moles - 10.0 g / 142.1 g/mol = 0.0704 mol
Number of BaCl₂ moles - 10.0 g / 208.2 g/mol = 0.0480 mol
this means that 0.0480 mol of each reactant is used up, BaCl₂ is the limiting reactant and Na₂SO₄ has been provided in excess.
stoichiometry of BaCl₂ to BaSO₄ is 1:1
number of BaSO₄ moles formed - 0.0480 mol
Mass of BaSO₄ - 0.0480 mol x 233.2 g/mol = 11.2 g
theoretical yield is 11.2 g but the actual yield is 12.0 g
the actual product maybe more than the theoretical yield of the product as the measured mass of the actual yield might contain impurities.
percent yield - 12.0 g/ 11.2 g x 100% = 107%
this is due to impurities present in the product or product could be wet.
