{"id":236523,"date":"2025-06-16T09:52:03","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T09:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=236523"},"modified":"2025-06-16T10:09:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T10:09:53","slug":"naoh-h2so4-%e2%86%92-na2so4-h2o-balance-the-chemical-equations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/16\/naoh-h2so4-%e2%86%92-na2so4-h2o-balance-the-chemical-equations\/","title":{"rendered":"NaOH + H2SO4 \u2192 Na2SO4 + H2O Balance the chemical equations."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NaOH + H2SO4 \u2192 Na2SO4 + H2O Balance the chemical equations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-1-color\">The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Balanced Chemical Equation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2NaOH+H2SO4\u2192Na2SO4+2H2O2NaOH + H_2SO_4 \\rightarrow Na_2SO_4 + 2H_2O2NaOH+H2\u200bSO4\u200b\u2192Na2\u200bSO4\u200b+2H2\u200bO<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Explanation <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Balancing chemical equations is an important step in understanding chemical reactions. It ensures that the number of atoms for each element is the same on both sides of the equation, following the law of conservation of mass. This law states that matter cannot be created or destroyed in a chemical reaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the given equation, sodium hydroxide (NaOH), a strong base, reacts with sulfuric acid (H\u2082SO\u2084), a strong acid. This is an example of a neutralization reaction, where an acid and a base produce a salt and water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First, look at the unbalanced equation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NaOH + H\u2082SO\u2084 \u2192 Na\u2082SO\u2084 + H\u2082O<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sulfuric acid (H\u2082SO\u2084) contains two hydrogen ions (H\u207a) and one sulfate ion (SO\u2084\u00b2\u207b). Sodium hydroxide (NaOH) contains one sodium ion (Na\u207a) and one hydroxide ion (OH\u207b). To neutralize all the hydrogen ions in one molecule of sulfuric acid, two hydroxide ions are needed. That means two NaOH molecules must react with one H\u2082SO\u2084 molecule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now examine the products. The sulfate ion combines with two sodium ions to form sodium sulfate (Na\u2082SO\u2084). Also, two hydrogen ions combine with two hydroxide ions to form two water (H\u2082O) molecules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, to balance the equation, place a coefficient of 2 in front of NaOH and H\u2082O:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2NaOH + H\u2082SO\u2084 \u2192 Na\u2082SO\u2084 + 2H\u2082O<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now the equation is balanced:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sodium (Na): 2 atoms on each side<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Oxygen (O): 6 atoms on each side<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hydrogen (H): 4 atoms on each side<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sulfur (S): 1 atom on each side<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This balanced equation reflects the correct stoichiometry of the neutralization reaction, ensuring all atoms are accounted for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/learnexams-banner10-211.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-236524\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NaOH + H2SO4 \u2192 Na2SO4 + H2O Balance the chemical equations. The Correct Answer and Explanation is: Balanced Chemical Equation: 2NaOH+H2SO4\u2192Na2SO4+2H2O2NaOH + H_2SO_4 \\rightarrow Na_2SO_4 + 2H_2O2NaOH+H2\u200bSO4\u200b\u2192Na2\u200bSO4\u200b+2H2\u200bO Explanation Balancing chemical equations is an important step in understanding chemical reactions. It ensures that the number of atoms for each element is the same on both sides [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-236523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236523\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}