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What is the net ionic equation for the reaction that occurs when small amounts of hydrochloric acid are added to a hocl/naocl buffer solution?

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       The  net  ionic  equation  for  the  reaction  that  occurs  when  small  amount  of  HCl   are  added  to   HoCl/ NaOcl  Buffer   solution  is  written    as  follows


 H+    +     OCl -   ----->  HOcl
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Answer:

H+ + OCl- → HOCl

Explanation:

Given a buffer solution, the ions interact in such manner that minimises the effect of adding acid or base to the solution, keeping the pH neutral.

In this problem, we're adding acid, which implies adding H+, so this would require a process of containing the excesses of H+. Therefore, from the information, we have that

H+ + OCl- → HOCl

HOCl (hydrochloric acid) is a weak acid and a fairly strong base. So, in this problem, adding HCl means that the excess OCl- from the sodium hydrochlorite will react with the excess H+ to form HOCl.

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