Question

The compound barium acetate is a strong electrolyte. write the reaction when solid barium acetate is put into water:

Answer 1

Barium acetate has the molecular formula of Ba(C2H3O2)2. So when this specific substance is placed into water, this compound simply dissociates into its corresponding ionic forms, that is:

Ba(C2H3O2)2  -->  Ba 2+  +  2 C2H3O2 1-

take note that the 2+ and 1- are the charges of the ion