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Using your knowledge of solubility rules, strong acids, and strong bases, rewrite the molecular equation as a complete ionic equation that shows which compounds are dissociated into ions.

Check your understanding of net ionic equations in this set of free practice questions designed for AP Chemistry students.

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In the molecular equation for a reaction, all of the reactants and products are represented as neutral molecules (even soluble ionic compounds and strong acids). In the complete ionic equation, soluble …

A redox equation can be balanced using the following stepwise procedure: (1) Divide the equation into two half-reactions. (2) Balance each half-reaction for mass and charge.

Next, we're gonna use the complete ionic equation to write the net ionic equation for this weak acid-strong base reaction. And to do that, we first need to identify spectator ions.

Instead of calling it an overall ionic equation, we could also call it a complete ionic equation. And we can use the overall ionic equation to determine the net ionic equation for this strong acid-strong base …

And we can use the complete ionic equation to find the net ionic equation for this weak base, strong acid reaction. To do that, we first need to identify these spectator ions.

In the formula of ionic compounds, the positive charges from cations and the negative charges from anions have to cancel out to a neutral charge of 0. Which means the ionic compound formed is …