1. Write the chemical equation for thereaction of an antacid containing magnesium hydroxide,Mg(OH) 2 , with stomach...
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1. Write the chemical equation for thereaction of an antacid containing magnesium hydroxide,Mg(OH)2, with stomach acid (hydrochloric acid, HCl) andthen balance the equation.
2. If a tablet of the antacidneutralized 41.4 mL of 0.150 M hydrochloric acid then how manygrams of magnesium hydroxide was in the tablet?
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3.Concentrated gastric acid is about0.16 molar in concentration (0.16 M HCl), corresponding to a pH of0.8. In the stomach, however, the solution becomes diluted to a pHbetween 1 and 2. Using the information from Q.5 calculate how manymilliliters of gastric acid can be neutralized by 1 tablet ofantacid?
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