How do I write the neutralization reactions between: (a) calcium carbonate and hydrogen bromide; (b) cadmium oxide and hydrogen chloride; (c) ferric oxide and nitric acid; (d) sodium oxide and water?
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Explanation:
All of these equations (I think) are balanced with respect to mass and charge, as they must be if they reflect chemical reality. How do you know which products form? How else but by experiment?
And all of these reactions are variations on a theme of acid base reactions:
Most of the time, the metal salt remains in solution and is along for the ride. The net ionic equation is simply: