{"id":239023,"date":"2025-06-18T14:57:34","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T14:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=239023"},"modified":"2025-06-18T14:57:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T14:57:36","slug":"net-ionic-equation-for-the-reaction-of-aqueous-acetic-acid-and-aqueous-potassium-hydroxide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/18\/net-ionic-equation-for-the-reaction-of-aqueous-acetic-acid-and-aqueous-potassium-hydroxide\/","title":{"rendered":"Net ionic equation for the reaction of aqueous acetic acid and aqueous potassium hydroxide."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Net ionic equation for the reaction of aqueous acetic acid and aqueous potassium hydroxide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Correct Net Ionic Equation:<\/strong>HC2H3O2(aq)+OH\u2212(aq)\u2192C2H3O2\u2212(aq)+H2O(l)\\text{HC}_2\\text{H}_3\\text{O}_2(aq) + \\text{OH}^-(aq) \\rightarrow \\text{C}_2\\text{H}_3\\text{O}_2^-(aq) + \\text{H}_2\\text{O}(l)HC2\u200bH3\u200bO2\u200b(aq)+OH\u2212(aq)\u2192C2\u200bH3\u200bO2\u2212\u200b(aq)+H2\u200bO(l)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Explanation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When aqueous acetic acid reacts with aqueous potassium hydroxide, a neutralization reaction takes place. Acetic acid (HC\u2082H\u2083O\u2082) is a weak acid, and potassium hydroxide (KOH) is a strong base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First, understand that in a solution:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Acetic acid partially ionizes because it is a weak acid. Most of it remains in its molecular form, HC\u2082H\u2083O\u2082.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Potassium hydroxide fully dissociates into K\u207a and OH\u207b ions because it is a strong base.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The complete ionic equation is:HC2H3O2(aq)+K+(aq)+OH\u2212(aq)\u2192K+(aq)+C2H3O2\u2212(aq)+H2O(l)\\text{HC}_2\\text{H}_3\\text{O}_2(aq) + \\text{K}^+(aq) + \\text{OH}^-(aq) \\rightarrow \\text{K}^+(aq) + \\text{C}_2\\text{H}_3\\text{O}_2^-(aq) + \\text{H}_2\\text{O}(l)HC2\u200bH3\u200bO2\u200b(aq)+K+(aq)+OH\u2212(aq)\u2192K+(aq)+C2\u200bH3\u200bO2\u2212\u200b(aq)+H2\u200bO(l)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Notice that K\u207a appears on both sides and does not change during the reaction. Since net ionic equations include only the species that change, we remove the spectator ion (K\u207a). What remains is the net ionic equation:HC2H3O2(aq)+OH\u2212(aq)\u2192C2H3O2\u2212(aq)+H2O(l)\\text{HC}_2\\text{H}_3\\text{O}_2(aq) + \\text{OH}^-(aq) \\rightarrow \\text{C}_2\\text{H}_3\\text{O}_2^-(aq) + \\text{H}_2\\text{O}(l)HC2\u200bH3\u200bO2\u200b(aq)+OH\u2212(aq)\u2192C2\u200bH3\u200bO2\u2212\u200b(aq)+H2\u200bO(l)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This equation shows the actual chemical change. The hydroxide ion (OH\u207b) accepts a proton (H\u207a) from the acetic acid molecule, forming water. The remaining part of the acetic acid molecule becomes the acetate ion (C\u2082H\u2083O\u2082\u207b).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a classic acid-base reaction. The weak acid donates a proton, and the strong base accepts it, producing water and a conjugate base. This reaction is common in titrations involving weak acids and strong bases.<\/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-banner8-1138.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-239024\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Net ionic equation for the reaction of aqueous acetic acid and aqueous potassium hydroxide. The Correct Answer and Explanation is: Correct Net Ionic Equation:HC2H3O2(aq)+OH\u2212(aq)\u2192C2H3O2\u2212(aq)+H2O(l)\\text{HC}_2\\text{H}_3\\text{O}_2(aq) + \\text{OH}^-(aq) \\rightarrow \\text{C}_2\\text{H}_3\\text{O}_2^-(aq) + \\text{H}_2\\text{O}(l)HC2\u200bH3\u200bO2\u200b(aq)+OH\u2212(aq)\u2192C2\u200bH3\u200bO2\u2212\u200b(aq)+H2\u200bO(l) Explanation: When aqueous acetic acid reacts with aqueous potassium hydroxide, a neutralization reaction takes place. Acetic acid (HC\u2082H\u2083O\u2082) is a weak acid, and potassium hydroxide [&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-239023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239023","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=239023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239023\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}