Question

How does barium chloride react with sulfuric acid?

Answer 1

Well barium sulfate is pretty insoluble stuff.

Explanation:

And we represent the reaction as:

`BaCl_2(aq) + H_2SO_4(aq) rarr BaSO_4(s)darr + 2HCl(aq)`

Charge and mass are balanced as is required.

Answer 2

A double displacement reaction.

Explanation:

This is one of the general types of double displacement reactions.
Reaction of a salt with an acid that yields a salt of the acid that is insoluble and a second acid that is volatile.

Take note that `HCl` is a highly volatile acid and `BaSO_4` is insoluble compound; thus the equation is

`H_2SO_4(aq)+BaCl_2(aq)->BaSO_4(s)+HCl(g)`