50mL of 1 mole of HCI was added to 50mL of 1 mole NaOH. What temperature change would be noticed?

1 Answer
Aug 8, 2018

Would not the temperature of the reaction vessel markedly increase?

Explanation:

You perform a neutralization reaction with the formation of water, and NaCl(aq)...

NaOH(aq) + HCl(aq) rarr NaCl(aq) + H_2O(l)...

Given some extra data, we could calculate the heat associated with the formation of 0.05*mol of NaCl(aq)...of course you have not really specified the concentration of the acid or hydroxide solutions...