Fernando places 50 mL of HCl in a 100 mL beaker and 50 mL of NaOH in a 100 mL beaker. he places them on a scale together and measures a combined mass of 15.00 grams. he then mixes the liquids together and waits five minutes while they react.

to make the HCl used in the experiment, Fernando mixed 10 mL of HCl with 40 mL of water. what are the properties of this mixture? select all that apply.

A. The H2O is the solute.
B. The HCl is the solute.
C. TheHCL is the solvent.
D. The H2O is the solvent.
E. This mixture conducts electricity.
F. This mixture does not conduct electricity.

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The correct options are:

B. The HCl is the solute.

D. The H₂O is the solvent.

E. This mixture conducts electricity.

Explanation:

For the preparation of the HCl solution, 10 mL of HCl and 40 mL of water were mixed.

The compound that is present in the solution in a smaller ratio is the solute and the other compount -present in higher ratio- is the solvent.

So, the solute is HCl and the solvent is water (H₂O). Furthermore, water is considered as an universal solvent (for most of the polar and ionic compounds).  According to this, the following options are correct:

B. The HCl is the solute.

D. The H₂O is the solvent.

Then, a condition for a solution that is able to conduct electricity is the presence of ions in the solution. When HCl is dissolved in water, it dissociates in ions according to the following equilibrium:

HCl ⇔ H⁺ + Cl⁻

The ions H⁺ and Cl⁻ are electrically charged so the solution can conduct electricity. According to this, the following option is also correct:

E. This mixture conducts electricity.