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michele12 michele12
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11 years ago
What will happen if you add sodium hydroxide to vinegar? And what is the balanced chemical reaction?

Could someone please explain this to me?
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11 years ago
A neutralization reaction would take place because you are reacting an acid (vinegar = acetic acid) with a base (NaOH).
The balanced equation looks like this:
CH3COOH + NaOH ===> CH3COO-Na+ + HOH

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11 years ago
NaOH + CH3COOH>>>> CH3COONa(s) + H2O(l)

Acetic acid=vinegar=CH3COOH
NaOH=sodium hydroxide
CH3COONa=sodium acetate
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11 years ago
well, vinegar is basically a dilute acetic acid (HC2H3O2) Leftwards Arrow those are supposed to be little number, but you get the idea.
You just do a double replacement reaction in which an acid combines with a base and formes salt and water as a result.
HC2H3O2 + NaOH Rightwards Arrow H2O + NaC2H3O2 (since it's an aqueous solution, H+ ions and C2H3O2- ions are floating around. You add Na+ ions and  OH- ions floating around, since NaOH is an aqueous solution, and then positive ions combine with negative ions in a double-replacement reaction).
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