{"id":30617,"date":"2025-06-21T19:05:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T19:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/?p=30617"},"modified":"2025-06-21T19:05:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T19:05:14","slug":"which-of-the-following-is-the-correct-formula-for-sulfuric-acld","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/which-of-the-following-is-the-correct-formula-for-sulfuric-acld\/","title":{"rendered":"Which of the following is the correct formula for sulfuric acld"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Which of the following is the correct formula for sulfuric acld? O H2SO3 O HSO 3 O HSO 4 O H2SO4<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Correct Answer:<\/strong> \u2705 <strong>H\u2082SO\u2084<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Explanation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sulfuric acid is one of the most important industrial chemicals and is widely used in various processes such as fertilizer production, petroleum refining, chemical synthesis, and wastewater processing. The correct chemical formula for sulfuric acid is <strong>H\u2082SO\u2084<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To understand this, it helps to know a little about how acids are named and structured:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sulfuric acid is a <strong>strong diprotic acid<\/strong>, meaning it has two hydrogen atoms that can dissociate in water to release hydrogen ions (H\u207a). These hydrogen ions are what give acids their characteristic properties such as sour taste and reactivity with bases and metals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rest of the molecule, <strong>SO\u2084<\/strong>, is known as the <strong>sulfate ion<\/strong>. The sulfate ion is a <strong>polyatomic ion<\/strong> consisting of one sulfur atom bonded to four oxygen atoms, and it carries a charge of 2\u207b. To balance this 2\u207b charge, two positively charged hydrogen ions (H\u207a) are attached, resulting in the neutral molecule <strong>H\u2082SO\u2084<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s briefly examine why the other options are incorrect:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>H\u2082SO\u2083<\/strong> is sulfurous acid, not sulfuric acid. It contains the sulfite ion (SO\u2083\u00b2\u207b), which has one fewer oxygen atom than the sulfate ion.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>HSO\u2083\u207b<\/strong> is the hydrogen sulfite ion, a conjugate base of sulfurous acid.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>HSO\u2084\u207b<\/strong> is the hydrogen sulfate ion, a conjugate base of sulfuric acid.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Each of these related compounds plays a different role in chemistry, but <strong>only H\u2082SO\u2084<\/strong> is correctly called <strong>sulfuric acid<\/strong>. It is a very strong acid and completely dissociates in water, making it highly reactive and dangerous if not handled properly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"722\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/learnexams-banner10-186.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/learnexams-banner10-186.jpeg 722w, https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/learnexams-banner10-186-212x300.jpeg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which of the following is the correct formula for sulfuric acld? O H2SO3 O HSO 3 O HSO 4 O H2SO4 The Correct Answer and Explanation is: Correct Answer: \u2705 H\u2082SO\u2084 Explanation: Sulfuric acid is one of the most important industrial chemicals and is widely used in various processes such as fertilizer production, petroleum refining, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quiz-questions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30617"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30622,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30617\/revisions\/30622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}