If a 49.9g mass of sodium hydroxide reacts with sulfuric acid, what mass of sodium sulfate results?

1 Answer
Mar 24, 2017

If we assume sodium hydroxide reacts with sulfuric acid.....approx. 90g sodium sulfate results......

Explanation:

We write the equation as:

2NaOH(aq)+H2SO4(aq)Na2SO4(aq)+2H2O(l)

Moles of sodium hydroxide=49.9g40.00gmol1=1.25mol.

The equation specifies that HALF an equiv of sodium sulfate results from neutralization, and this represents a mass of

1.25mol×12×142.04gmol1=88.8g.