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Having trouble classifying this reaction
« on: December 02, 2017, 11:32:02 AM »
B2O3(s) + CaF2(s)  :rarrow: BF3(g)+CaO(s)

Maybe this is a different reaction that has been taught thus far, or maybe I don't understand. I am wanting to review the classification of reactions anytime I am doing something else with an equation, but since that isn't the point of the problem I don't have answers for this.

This isn't acid base(no water product, no H+ ions), precipitation(no aqueous solutions), or oxidation reduction(no electron transfer) as near as I can tell. 

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Re: Having trouble classifying this reaction
« Reply #1 on: December 02, 2017, 12:17:51 PM »
Boron oxide is an acid anhydride. Check which acid it refers to.

The acid push out a gaseous product here boron fluoride.
 
The reaction you can compare if you add hydrochloric acid to Carbonate. Carbon dioxide will be developed.

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Re: Having trouble classifying this reaction
« Reply #2 on: December 02, 2017, 04:26:49 PM »
I'm not sure what you mean by "check which acid it refers to". 

When the text discussed acid-base reactions it only mentioned the presence of H+ ions so this is an acid reaction but not one that the text covered?  Is this an Acid-base reaction or just an acid reaction of another kind?

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Re: Having trouble classifying this reaction
« Reply #3 on: December 02, 2017, 05:53:16 PM »
boron oxide refers to boric acid H3BO3

This is also acid base reaction.

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Re: Having trouble classifying this reaction
« Reply #4 on: December 02, 2017, 06:24:17 PM »
It really depends on how you want to define acid/base reaction.

The most basic definition calls just for an acid and a base, say NaOH and H2SO4, and production of water during the neutralization.

But, Na2O is a basic oxide - that is, one that will produce base when reacting with water. SO3 is an acidic oxide, that is, one that will produce an acid when reacting water. So, the reaction

Na2O + SO3 :rarrow: Na2SO4

can be thought of as another kind of acid/base reaction. Note: there are also two other, intermediate possibilities (NaOH+SO3 and Na2O+H2SO4).
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Re: Having trouble classifying this reaction
« Reply #5 on: December 02, 2017, 10:18:20 PM »
Thank you both for your help.

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