How do you calculate the amount of HCl solution, in mL, that can be neutralized by 5.0 mL of antacid?

1 Answer
Apr 14, 2017

You might specify the antacid...........

Explanation:

So what is the antacid........?

Typical antacids that are contained in commercial products, include "sodium carbonate", "sodium bicarbonate", and "sodium citrate".

For sodium carbonate, we could write the stoichiometric reaction as:

Na_2CO_3(aq) + 2HCl(aq) rarr 2NaCl(aq) + CO_2(g)uarr + H_2O(l)