The salt sodium sulfate, $Na_2SO_4$ can be formed by a reaction between which two compounds?

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Answer 1 · 2016-02-13T19:37:51

$"Sulfuric acid + sodium hydroxide"$ $rarr$ $"sodium sulfate + water"$

$H_2SO_4(aq) + 2NaOH(aq) rarr 2H_2O(l)+Na_2SO_4(aq)$

Because sulfuric acid is diprotic, it takes TWO equiv of sodium hydroxide for neutralization.

I could do the above reaction stepwise if I started with sodium bisulfate and added 1 equiv sodium hydroxide:

$NaHSO_4(aq) + NaOH(aq) rarr H_2O(l)+Na_2SO_4(aq)$

Is is clear what I am doing here?

The salt sodium sulfate, Na_2SO_4Na_2SO_4 can be formed by a reaction between which two compounds?