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anerina
Feb 27, 2010, 09:26 PM
Can someone tell me the net ionic equation of solid barium sulfite and hydrochloric acid? Confused whether to break down the compound BaSo3 into its ionic form.

anerina
Feb 27, 2010, 09:36 PM
This is what I have:

Molecular equation:
BaSO3(s) + 2HCl(aq) --> BaCl2(aq) + H20(l) + SO2(g)

Ionic (this is where I'm confused. Does the solid compound dissociate with HCl?):
Ba2+(aq) + SO3 2-(aq) + 2H+(aq) + 2Cl-(aq) -->Ba2+(aq) + 2Cl-(aq) + H2O(l) + SO2(g)

Unknown008
Feb 28, 2010, 02:18 AM
I'm not sure either, but we usually do not cross out the solids in an ionic equation, so that we get:

BaSO_3 (s) + 2H^+ (aq)\rightarrow Ba^{2+} (aq) + H_2O (l) + SO_2 (g)