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Offline kenny1999

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Ionic equation
« on: March 30, 2011, 02:30:42 PM »
It it a MUST to write the full formula for ethanoic acid when it reacts with NaOH?

I know that NaOH can be abbreviated by OH- because of the full ionization of alkali

NaOH. How about CH3COOH? can I use H+ (abbreviated form) to represent all the

reactions involving CH3COOH? Or is it a MUST to write CH3COOH + OH- ??

Thanks for the help.
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Re: Ionic equation
« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2011, 03:16:53 PM »
I'm no expert but I would assume that your you should do it however your professor has specified.  If they haven't specified I would write the whole thing out to be safe.
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Re: Ionic equation
« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2011, 03:23:46 PM »
NaOH - as a strong base - is fully dissociated, so solution doesn't contain NaOH molecules, just Na+ and OH-. Acetic acid is a weak acid, so its solution is usually dominated by undissociated CH3COOH.
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Re: Ionic equation
« Reply #3 on: March 30, 2011, 03:53:20 PM »
Quote from: Borek on March 30, 2011, 03:23:46 PM
NaOH - as a strong base - is fully dissociated, so solution doesn't contain NaOH molecules, just Na+ and OH-. Acetic acid is a weak acid, so its solution is usually dominated by undissociated CH3COOH.

I understand that CH3COOH is a weak acid

but I'd like to know if H+ can be used to represent the weak acid in ionic equation reaction or have to write it full (CH3COOH) even in ionic equation
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