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Title: Nitric acid is a strong acid, ammonium hydroxide is a weak base, and ammonium ni Post by: arigj on Apr 12, 2015 Nitric acid is a strong acid, ammonium hydroxide is a weak base, and ammonium nitrate is a soluble salt. Which of the following is the net ionic equation for the reaction?
HNO3(aq) + NH4OH(aq) → NH4NO3(aq) + H2O(l) Title: Re: Nitric acid is a strong acid, ammonium hydroxide is a weak base, and ammonium ni Post by: 5seal on Apr 12, 2015 The H+ don't cancel. The H+ from the HNO3 reacts with the OH- from the NH4OH, so it is in fact an acid base reaction...
NH4OH(aq) + HNO3(aq) -----------> NH4NO3(aq) + H2O(l) total ionic NH4^+(aq) + OH-(aq) + H+(aq) + NO3^-(aq) ----> NH4^+(aq) + NO3^-(aq) + H2O(l) Cancelling out the spectator ions (NH4^+ and NO3^-) gives us the Net ionic eqation H+(aq) + OH-(aq) --------> H2O(l) |