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Question

Write the balanced chemical equation for the reaction between carbonic acid and ammonium hydroxide.

Start by writing the proper names of the products below.

Carbonic acid + Ammonium hydroxide  

Next, write the balanced equation with the correct chemical formulas, including coefficients. Put all the reactants in the answer box on the left, and the products on the right.

      

Finally, write the net ionic equation for this reaction below.

      

Answer 1

Carbonic acid + ammonium hydroxide -----> ammonium bicarbonate + water

Balanced Equation:

H₂CO_3(aq) + NH₄OH_(aq) -----> NH₄HCO_3(aq) + H₂O_(l)

Ionic Equation:

H⁺_(aq) + HCO₃^-_(aq) + NH_4(aq)⁺ + OH_(aq)^- -----> NH₄⁺ + HCO₃^-_(aq) + H₂O_(l)

Note: I added some space here for clarity

Net Ionic Equation:

H⁺_(aq) + OH_(aq)^- -----> H₂O_(l)

Only the hydrogen and hydroxide ions show up in our net ionic equation because the rest are spectators. Only these two undergo a chemical reaction while the rest remain in solution.

Some interesting tidbits on ammonium bicarbonate.

When you evaporate out the water from an ammonium bicarbonate solution, you simply leave behind ammonium bicarbonate. Ammonium bicarbonate is a salt that has properties of both bicarbonate salts and ammonium salts. Consider that heating bicarbonate salts liberates loads of CO₂. Likewise, heating ammonium salts liberates loads of NH₃.

What's more, you liberate both loads of CO₂ and NH₃ when you heat ammonium bicarbonate leaving behind just the water. This is what makes it useful in baking power. Heating ammonium bicarbonate in an oven allows the baking powder to leaven breads and cakes while leaving behind nothing!