How many moles of hydrochloric acid (HCl) would it take to completely neutralize one mole of aluminum hydroxide, Al(OH)3?
1 Answer
May 14, 2014
It takes 3 mol of HCl to neutralize 1 mol of Al(OH)₃.
Write the balanced chemical equation for the reaction:
3HCl + Al(OH)₃ → AlCl₃ + 3H₂O
The coefficients of the balanced equation tell us that 3 mol of HCl react with 1 mol of Al(OH)₃.
