REACTION STOICHIOMETRY IN SOLUTION Stomach acid, a dilute solution of HCl in water, can be neutralized by reaction with sodium hydrogen carbonate, NaHCO3, according to the equation HCl(aq) + NaHCO3(aq) ¡ NaCl(aq) + H2O(l) + CO2(g) How many milliliters of 0.125 M NaHCO3 solution are needed to

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REACTION STOICHIOMETRY IN SOLUTION

Stomach acid, a dilute solution of HCl in water, can be neutralized by reaction with sodium hydrogen carbonate, [latex]NaHCO_{3}[/latex], according to the equation

[latex]HCl(aq) + NaHCO_{3}(aq) → NaCl(aq) + H_{2}O(l) + CO_{2}(g)[/latex]

How many milliliters of [latex]0.125 M NaHCO_{3}[/latex] solution are needed to neutralize 18.0 mL of 0.100 M HCl?

STRATEGY
Solving stoichiometry problems always requires finding the number of moles of one reactant, using the coefficients of the balanced equation to find the number of moles of the other reactant, and then finding the amount of the other reactant. The flow diagram summarizing the situation was shown in Figure 3.4.

Accepted Answer

We first have to find how many moles of HCl are in 18.0 mL of a 0.100 M solution by multiplying volume times molarity:

[latex]Moles of HCl = 18.0 \cancel{mL} × \frac{1 \cancel{L}}{1000 \cancel{mL}} × \frac{0.100 mol}{1 \cancel{L}} = 1.80 × 10^{-3}[/latex] mol HCl

Next, check the coefficients of the balanced equation to find that 1 mol of HCl reacts with 1 mol of [latex]NaHCO_{3}[/latex], and then calculate how many milliliters of a 0.125 M [latex]NaHCO_{3}[/latex] solution contains 1.80 × [latex]10^{-3}[/latex] mol:

[latex]1.80 × 10^{-3} \cancel{mol HCl} × \frac{1 \cancel{mol NaHCO_{3}}}{1 \cancel{mol HCl}} × \frac{1 L solution}{0.125 \cancel{mol NaHCO_{3}}}[/latex] = 0.0144 L solution

Thus, 14.4 mL of the 0.125 M [latex]NaHCO_{3}[/latex] solution is needed to neutralize 18.0 mL of the 0.100 M HCl solution.

BALLPARK CHECK
The balanced equation shows that HCl and [latex]NaHCO_{3}[/latex] react in a molar ratio, and we are told that the concentrations of the two solutions are about the same. Thus, the volume of the [latex]NaHCO_{3}[/latex] solution must be about the same as that of the HCl solution.

Neutralization of sodium hydrogen carbonate with acid leads to release of [latex]CO_{2}[/latex] gas, visible in this fizzing solution.

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