If 24.1 g of sodium hydroxide react with 22.0 g of hydrochloric acid to form 35.3g of table salt, how much water was formed? *

10.85 g of H2O.

Explanation:

We'll begin by writing the balanced equation for the reaction. This is given below:

NaOH + HCl —> NaCl + H2O

Next, we shall determine the mass of NaOH that reacted and the mass of H2O produced from the balanced equation.

These can be obtained as illustrated below:

Molar mass of NaOH = 23 + 16 + 1 = 40 g/mol

Mass of NaOH from the balanced equation = 1 × 40 = 40 g

Molar mass of H2O = (2×1) + 16 = 2 + 16 = 18 g/mol

Mass of H2O from the balanced equation = 1 × 18 = 18 g

Summary:

From the balanced equation above,

40 g of NaOH reacted to produce 18 g of H2O.

Finally, we shall determine the mass of water, H2O produced from the reaction as follow:

From the balanced equation above,

40 g of NaOH reacted to produce 18 g of H2O.

Therefore, 24.1 g of NaOH will react to produce = (24.1 × 18)/40 = 10.85 g of H2O.

Therefore, 10.85 g of H2O were produced from the reaction.

in 1783 cavendish was working with his hydrogen gas and found that when he burned it and condensed the vapor it was water. this was very significant since it disproved the greek theory of elements completely since water was not a simple substance but the product of two gases. it was lavoisier who hearing of the experiment gave cavendish's gas the name hydrogen ("water-producer") and added that hydrogen burned by combining with oxygen and that water was a hydrogen-oxygen combination.

explanation:

the answer is na (sodium)