Chapter 14, Problem 44E

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

A balanced chemical equation representing the reaction with given metal oxide and the acid $\text{HCl}$ is to be written..

Concept Introduction:

The reaction in between metal oxide and an acid yields water along with the formation of dissolved salt.

For example, consider a reaction in between a strong acid such as hydrobromic acid and a metal oxide, magnesium oxide. The reaction can be represented as follows:

$\text{2HBr}\left(aq\right)+\text{MgO}\left(s\right)\to {\text{H}}_{\text{2}}\text{O}\left(g\right)+{\text{MgBr}}_2\left(aq\right)$

In the above reaction, the product formed is the salt ${\text{MgBr}}_{\text{2}}$ along with water.