A student designs an experiment to study the reaction between NaHCO3 and HC2H3O2. The reaction is represented by the equation above. The student places 1.24 g of NaHCO3 in a flask and adds 50 ml of
0.475 M HC2H3O2 . The student observes the formation of bubbles and that the flask gets cooler as the
reaction proceeds.
a. Write an ionic reaction equation for the reaction above.
b. Explain whether there are or are not any spectator ions that can be canceled from both sides.
c. Based on the information above, identify the limiting reactant. Justify your answer with calculations.
d. Calculate the mass of CO2 produced by the reaction.
