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Can you state the equation for the neutralization reaction between solutions of potassium hydroxide and hydrochloric acid?

Can you state the equation for the neutralization reaction between solutions of potassium hydroxide and hydrochloric acid? <br/>

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Asked by Wyatt Williams, Last updated: Jan 04, 2025

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Carice Snow

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Answered Nov 27, 2018

Option B is correct.
The reaction of an acid and a base is called a neutralization reaction. The general reaction between an acid and a base is:
acid + base → water + salt

In chemistry, the term salt is generally used to define any ionic compound either soluble or insoluble that is formed from a reaction between an acid and a base not just the table salt. In the neutralization reaction between HCl(aq) and KOH(aq) the result is:
HCl(aq) + KOH(aq) → H2O(l) + KCl(aq)

Acid Base Water Salt

The salt generated here is KCl. By counting the number of atoms of each element, we find that only one water molecule is formed as a product and the chemical equation is balanced. All other options above are wrong.

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Wyatt Williams

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Answered Jul 09, 2018

KOH (aq) + HCl (aq) -->H2O (l) + KCl
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