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Keith Johnson

What happens when KOH reacts with HNO3?

Carlos Liu  Follow

When an acid is added to a base, a chemical reaction called neutralization reaction.

reaction between nitric acid, HNO3, and the base potassium hydroxide, KOH.

HNO3 + KOH → H2O + KNO3

Neutralization produces a salt and water. KNO3 is the salt in the above reaction. Heat energy is generally released.

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Barbara Carlson  Follow

KOH is a strong base while HNO3 is a strong acid. When mixed they will form H20 (water) and a Salt KNO3. This salt won’t be able to form back the acid and the original base.

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Curtis Childress  Follow

CO2, being a non metallic oxide, is an acidic oxide. And with NaOH being a base, in the most basic sense, it is a neutralization reaction. Thus, when a acid and base react, salt and water is formed thus, as it is here, sodium carbonate (Na2CO3) and water will be formed.

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David Wrixon  Follow

KOH(aq) + HNO3(aq) ⮕ KNO3(aq) + H2O(aq)

Strong base (alkali) reacting with a strong inorganic acid to produce a salt (Potassium nitrate) and water. This is an example of a neutralisation reaction. The reaction will go to completion.

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David Bell  Follow

This is a neutralisation reaction of an acid and a base. A reaction between an acid and a base will generally produce a salt and water.

So the reaction would be:

KOH (aq) + HNO3 (aq) -----> KNO3 (aq) + H2O (l)

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David Southern  Follow

As HNO3 is strong acid and KOH is a strong base, they both undergo complete neutralisation to form salt KNO3 and water H2O.

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Bill Jones  Follow

Flourine on reaction with cold and dil alkali leads to the formation of OF2 while with hot and conc it leads to the formation of O2

The reaction involved is

F2+NaoH~OF2+NaF+H2O(cold & dil)

F2+NaoH~O2+NaF+H2O(Hot & conc)

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