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Chapter 4 Practice Problems
Net Ionic Equations
Write a net ionic equation for each of the following acid-base reactions in dilute water solutions:
Remember weak acids and weak bases don’t ionize/dissociate.
1. Hypochlorous acid and lithium hydroxide
2. Ammonia with perchloric acid
3. Hydroiodic acid with sodium hydroxide
4. Nitrous acid and barium hydroxide
5. Potassium hydroxide and hydrofluoric acid
6. Acetic acid and strontium hydroxide
7. Aqueous hydrogen cyanide with sodium hydroxide
Write a net ionic equation for each of the following precipitation reactions:
1. Magnesium nitrate and potassium hydroxide
2. Silver sulfate and barium chloride
3. Calcium sulfate and sodium carbonate
4. Manganese (II) nitrate and sodium hydroxide
5. Silver nitrate and hydrochloric acid
6. Zinc sulfate and potassium hydroxide
7. Sodium phosphate and barium chloride
Solution Stoichiometry Problems
1. Aluminum ions react with carbonate ions to form an insoluble compound.
a. Write the net ionic equation for this reaction.
b. What is the molarity of the solution of aluminum chloride if 30.0 mL is required to react with 35.5 mL
of 0.137M sodium carbonate?
0.108M
c. How many grams of aluminum carbonate are formed in (b)?
0.379 g
2. What is the volume of 0.885M hydrochloric acid required to react with
a, 25.00 mL of 0.288 M aqueous ammonia? (You will need to write out net ionic equation)
8.14 mL
b. 10.00 g of sodium hydroxide? (You will need to write out net ionic equation)
0.283 L
c. 25.0 mL of a solution (density = 0.928 g/cm3) containing 10.0% by mass of methylamine (CH3NH2)?
84.4 mL
3. Draw a representation that shows the interactions between the solute and solvent in an aqueous solution of
potassium bromide. Use space-filling or ball and stick models for the solvent molecules.
a. Explain why potassium bromide dissolves in water.
b. Write the balanced chemical equation for the dissolving of potassium bromide in water.
4. Identify the element that is oxided and the element that is reduced in each reaction. Justify your answers
by identifying the elements that gained and lost electrons.
a. 2AgNO3(aq) + Cu(s) → Cu(NO3)2(aq) + 2Ag(s)
b. Ca(s) + Cl2(g) → CaCl2(s)
c. H2O2(aq) → 2H2O(l) + O2(g)
d. Mg(s) + Co2+(aq) → Mg2+(aq) + Co(s)
5. Predict the products, write the oxidation and reduction half reactions, and write the balanced net ionic
equation for each of the reactions.
a. A solution of nickel (II) chloride is poured over solid aluminum.
b. Solid iron is placed in a solution of lead (II) nitrate.
c. A strip of solid tin is placed in a solution of silver nitrate.
d. Fluorine gas is bubbled through a solution of sodium chloride.
6. A 0.0500 M solution of potassium permanganate was used to titrate 250.0 mL of a platinum (II) chloride
solution with an unknown concentration. The endpoint was reached after 26.87 mL of 0.0500 M KMnO4 was
delivered. The balanced redox reaction is
16H+ + 2MnO4-(aq) + 5Pt2+(aq) →2Mn2+(aq) +8H2O + 5 Pt4+(aq)
a. How many moles of KMnO4 were delivered when the endpoint was reached?
1.34 x 10-3 mol KMnO4
b. How many moles of platinum (II) chloride were contained in the 250.0 mL sample?
3.35 x 10-3 mol PtCl2
c. Calculate the experimentally determined molar concentration (mol/L) of platinum (II) chloride
solution?
0.0134 M PtCl2 soln