Aluminum Sulfate: For the salt given below, determine an acid & base that can react to produce the salt and write a balanced neutralization reaction using that acid & base.

Question

For the salt given below, determine an acid & base that can react to produce the salt and write a balanced neutralization reaction using that acid & base.

Aluminum Sulfate

Answer 1

Aluminum sulfate comes from the reaction of aluminum hydroxide and sulfuric acid. The cation comes from the base (aluminum hydroxide) and the anion comes from the acid (sulfuric acid).

Balanced neutralization reaction:

2Al(OH)₃(aq) + 3H₂SO₄(aq) ==> Al₂(SO₄)₃ + 6H₂O

....base.........+....acid.....................salt.........+ ...water