Question

What do you observe when when dilute sulphuric acid is added to barium chloride solution ?

Answer 1

When few drops of dilute sulphuric acid is added to barium chloride solution, a white precipitate of barium sulphate is formed.

\[\ce{\underset{\text{Barium chloride solution}}{BaCl2}+\underset{\text{Sulphuric acid}}{H2SO4}->\underset{\text{(Barium sulphate)(White precipitate)}}{BaSO4 ↓} +\underset{\text{Hydrochloride acid}}{2HCl}}\]