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When sulfuric acid (H2SO4) reacts with sodium hydroxide (NaOH), which salt is formed?
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Naming Acids
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Carla is using a fertilizer that contains nitric acid. How is nitric acid classified?
A
It is a binary acid.
B
It is an oxyacid.
C
It is a hydrohalic acid.
D
It is a carboxylic acid.
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Identify the composition of nitric acid (HNO\_3). It contains hydrogen (H), nitrogen (N), and oxygen (O) atoms.
Recall the classification of acids based on their composition: binary acids contain hydrogen and one other element (usually a nonmetal), oxyacids contain hydrogen, oxygen, and another element, hydrohalic acids are binary acids with hydrogen and a halogen, and carboxylic acids contain the carboxyl group (-COOH).
Since nitric acid contains oxygen along with hydrogen and nitrogen, it is not a binary acid or hydrohalic acid.
Nitric acid does not have the carboxyl group (-COOH), so it is not a carboxylic acid.
Therefore, nitric acid is classified as an oxyacid because it contains hydrogen, oxygen, and another element (nitrogen).
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