How does barium chloride react with sulfuric acid?

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anor277
Dec 26, 2017

Well barium sulfate is pretty insoluble stuff.

Explanation:

And we represent the reaction as:

#BaCl_2(aq) + H_2SO_4(aq) rarr BaSO_4(s)darr + 2HCl(aq)#

Charge and mass are balanced as is required.

Jarni Renz
Dec 27, 2017

A double displacement reaction.

Explanation:

This is one of the general types of double displacement reactions.
Reaction of a salt with an acid that yields a salt of the acid that is insoluble and a second acid that is volatile.

Take note that #HCl# is a highly volatile acid and #BaSO_4# is insoluble compound; thus the equation is

#H_2SO_4(aq)+BaCl_2(aq)->BaSO_4(s)+HCl(g)#

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