If I add water to NaNO3 does it make HNO3 and NaOH?
For example
NaNO3 + H2O -> HNO3 + NaOH
is that equation correct?
Please explain if it's not. Thanks!
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You have posted this question in the last week or so. It is the same question but has taken many different forms. If we knew what was confusing you we might be able to help. HNO3 + NaOH is an acid/base neutralization that essentially goes to completion from left to right. At the end of the neutralization reaction the rxn is about 99.999 complete; i.e., there is almost no tendency for the reaction to reverse and form HNO3 and NaOH. Most would write NaNO3 + HNO3 ==> no reaction.
Where did NaNO3 + HNO3 come from?
The NaNO3 and H2O came from the acid/base neutralization of HNO3 and NaOH; i.e.,
HNO3 + NaOH ==> NaNO3 + H2O
The reaction I have written is about 99.999% (or more) complete; therefore there is a <0.001% chance that the reverse reaction, which you wrote first, will occur.
HNO3 + NaOH ==> NaNO3 + H2O
The reaction I have written is about 99.999% (or more) complete; therefore there is a <0.001% chance that the reverse reaction, which you wrote first, will occur.
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