why it is advice to add acid to water why not water to acid
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If water is added to acid the contents might spill and cause harm as it is an exothermic reaction and the container can break due to excessive local heating.
If acid is added to water, the no. of hydronium / hydroxide ions per unit volume decreases, so it is safe to do so. Moreover water has the highest specific heat capacity, so it absorbs the heat quickly.
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This because when we water to acid or acid to water it is highly exothermic reactions. If water is more in quantity it absorbs heat more readily than Acid thus saving from explosion in lab....
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