{"id":35162,"date":"2025-06-24T07:37:53","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T07:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/?p=35162"},"modified":"2025-06-24T07:37:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T07:37:55","slug":"determine-net-ionic-equations-if-any-occurring-when-aqueous-solutions-of-the-following-reactants-are-mixed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/determine-net-ionic-equations-if-any-occurring-when-aqueous-solutions-of-the-following-reactants-are-mixed\/","title":{"rendered":"Determine net ionic equations, if any, occurring when aqueous solutions of the following reactants are mixed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Determine net ionic equations, if any, occurring when aqueous solutions of the following reactants are mixed. Select “True” or “False” to indicate whether or not the stated reaction (or “no reaction”) correctly corresponds to the expected observation in each case. Calcium acetate and sodium carbonate; Ca2+(aq) + 2C2H3O2-(aq) –> Ca(C2H3O2)2(s) Ammonium sulfate and barium nitrate; No reaction occurs. Sodium phosphate and potassium nitrate; 2Na+(aq) + NO3-(aq) –> Na2NO3(s) Copper(II) sulfate and ammonium carbonate; No reaction occurs. Magnesium chloride and sodium hydroxide; No reaction occurs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are the correct determinations for each reaction and whether the given statement is True<\/strong> or False<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Calcium acetate and sodium carbonate<\/strong>
    Given Reaction<\/strong>: Ca\u00b2\u207a(aq) + 2C\u2082H\u2083O\u2082\u207b(aq) \u2192 Ca(C\u2082H\u2083O\u2082)\u2082(s)
    Correct Answer<\/strong>: False<\/strong>
    Explanation<\/strong>: This reaction incorrectly predicts a precipitate of calcium acetate. However, calcium acetate is soluble in water, so it remains in solution. The actual reaction involves calcium ions (Ca\u00b2\u207a) and carbonate ions (CO\u2083\u00b2\u207b) forming calcium carbonate (CaCO\u2083)<\/strong>, which is insoluble and precipitates. The correct net ionic equation is:
    Ca\u00b2\u207a(aq) + CO\u2083\u00b2\u207b(aq) \u2192 CaCO\u2083(s)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    1. Ammonium sulfate and barium nitrate<\/strong>
      Given Reaction<\/strong>: No reaction occurs
      Correct Answer<\/strong>: False<\/strong>
      Explanation<\/strong>: This is incorrect because a reaction does<\/strong> occur. Barium sulfate (BaSO\u2084) is insoluble<\/strong> in water and forms a white precipitate. The correct net ionic equation is:
      Ba\u00b2\u207a(aq) + SO\u2084\u00b2\u207b(aq) \u2192 BaSO\u2084(s)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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      1. Sodium phosphate and potassium nitrate<\/strong>
        Given Reaction<\/strong>: 2Na\u207a(aq) + NO\u2083\u207b(aq) \u2192 Na\u2082NO\u2083(s)
        Correct Answer<\/strong>: False<\/strong>
        Explanation<\/strong>: Both sodium phosphate and potassium nitrate are soluble in water and contain only spectator ions. No reaction or precipitate forms. Therefore, no net ionic equation<\/strong> exists. The claim that sodium nitrate (Na\u2082NO\u2083) precipitates is incorrect because it is highly soluble.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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        1. Copper(II) sulfate and ammonium carbonate<\/strong>
          Given Reaction<\/strong>: No reaction occurs
          Correct Answer<\/strong>: False<\/strong>
          Explanation<\/strong>: This is incorrect. A reaction occurs in which copper(II) carbonate (CuCO\u2083)<\/strong> forms as a precipitate<\/strong>, since it is insoluble. The correct net ionic equation is:
          Cu\u00b2\u207a(aq) + CO\u2083\u00b2\u207b(aq) \u2192 CuCO\u2083(s)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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          1. Magnesium chloride and sodium hydroxide<\/strong>
            Given Reaction<\/strong>: No reaction occurs
            Correct Answer<\/strong>: False<\/strong>
            Explanation<\/strong>: A reaction occurs between magnesium ions (Mg\u00b2\u207a) and hydroxide ions (OH\u207b), forming magnesium hydroxide (Mg(OH)\u2082)<\/strong>, which is insoluble. The correct net ionic equation is:
            Mg\u00b2\u207a(aq) + 2OH\u207b(aq) \u2192 Mg(OH)\u2082(s)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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            Summary of Truth Values:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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            1. False<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            2. False<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            3. False<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            4. False<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            5. False<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

              All five stated reactions are incorrect; a precipitate or net ionic equation does exist in each case contrary to what was given.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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              Determine net ionic equations, if any, occurring when aqueous solutions of the following reactants are mixed. Select “True” or “False” to indicate whether or not the stated reaction (or “no reaction”) correctly corresponds to the expected observation in each case. Calcium acetate and sodium carbonate; Ca2+(aq) + 2C2H3O2-(aq) –> Ca(C2H3O2)2(s) Ammonium sulfate and barium nitrate; […]<\/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-35162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quiz-questions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35162","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=35162"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35164,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35162\/revisions\/35164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}