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Chemical reaction & balancing??
« on: May 31, 2006, 02:37:08 AM »
What is the chemical reaction for citric acid and sodium hyroxide:

C6H8O7 + NaOH ---->
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Re: Chemical reaction & balancing??
« Reply #1 on: May 31, 2006, 02:59:29 AM »
You should know a structure of citric acid. As far as I know it is missing in http://www.chemicalforums.com/index.php?page=molecules
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Re: Chemical reaction & balancing??
« Reply #2 on: May 31, 2006, 03:31:42 AM »
Acid + Base = Salt + Water
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Re: Chemical reaction & balancing??
« Reply #3 on: May 31, 2006, 04:02:27 AM »
Citric acid is a tricarboxylic one and can react with 1, 2 or 3 molecules of NaOH.
The best wat to write its formula is
H3C6H5O7
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Re: Chemical reaction & balancing??
« Reply #4 on: May 31, 2006, 04:15:32 AM »
how would i balance it?
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Re: Chemical reaction & balancing??
« Reply #5 on: May 31, 2006, 06:56:46 AM »
Cirtic acid: H2C(COOH)C(OH)(COOH)CH2(COOH)

Now, think about the reaction between HCOOH and NaOH....
What could happen if you have more COOH groups?
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Re: Chemical reaction & balancing??
« Reply #6 on: May 31, 2006, 09:24:53 AM »
H3C6H5O7 + NaOH = NaH2C6H5O7 + H2O
NaH2C6H5O7 + NaOH = Na2HC6H5O7 + H2O
Na2HC6H5O7 + NaOH = Na3C6H5O7 + H2O

or
H3C6H5O7 + NaOH = NaH2C6H5O7 + H2O
H3C6H5O7 + 2NaOH = Na2HC6H5O7 + 2H2O
H3C6H5O7 + 3NaOH = Na3C6H5O7 + 3H2O
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Re: Chemical reaction & balancing??
« Reply #7 on: May 31, 2006, 09:36:28 AM »
And there I was trying to give hints instead of giving away the answer...
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Re: Chemical reaction & balancing??
« Reply #8 on: May 31, 2006, 05:15:13 PM »
yeah thanks AWK.... Dan thanx neway but i'm not really the best chemistry person.. i didn't really get what you were talking about thanx anyway
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