Answer to Question #63903 in General Chemistry for Lindsey Moss

Question

Some sulfuric acid is spilled on a lab bench. You can neutralize the acid by sprinkling sodium bicarbonate on it and then mopping up the resultant solution. The sodium bicarbonate reacts with sulfuric acid as follows:
2NaHCO3(s) + H2SO4(aq) → Na2SO4(aq) + 2H2O(l) + 2CO2(g)
Sodium bicarbonate is added until fizzing, which is due to the released carbon dioxide, stops. If 16 mL of 5.5 M sulfuric acid was spilled on the counter, how much NAHCO3 must be added to the spill to exactly neutralize the acid.