100.0 mL of 3.0 M HCl can be neutralized with exactly 200.0 mL of 1.5 M NaOH. If this reaction is done in a coffee cup calorimeter, what temperature change would you expect to observe?

Question

100.0 mL of 3.0 M HCl can be neutralized with exactly 200.0 mL of 1.5 M NaOH. If this reaction is done in a coffee cup calorimeter, what temperature change would you expect to observe?

Answer 1

One would expect the temperature of the solution would INCREASE because acid-base neutralizations are intrinsically EXOTHERMIC in nature. So heat would be evolved and the temperature would increase.