What is the difference between carbonic acid and sulfuric acid?

Answer 1

Sulfate is a combination of oxygen and sulfur whereas sulfide is the negative ion of sulfur alone. Both are negative ions, anions.


Both sulfur and oxygen are "hungry" for electrons. When they make a chemical bond it is to gain a share of electrons to put them into a more stable electron mode (or configuration). They each have six electrons in their outer energy level and they can also share electrons with each other. The sulfate ion that results is SO42- it allows both sulfur and oxygen to share enough electrons to have a stable electron configuration.


Sulfur can also just gain two electrons to achieve a stable outer electron configuration, S2-. Compounds like H2S (rotten egg gas), hydrogen sulfide is a compound using sulfide.
Na2SO4 , sodium sulfate or H2SO4 (sulfuric acid) are compounds using sulfate.


P.S. the suffix '-ate' in chemistry indicates that there is oxygen present whereas '-ide' tells us that only the element alone is present in forming the ion.

Answer 2

Sulfate is the ion SO42- and sulfuric acid is that ion plus two hydrogens: H2SO4.

Sulfate ion can be associated with any number of positively charged ions, and is never found alone because of it's negative charge. Sulfuric acid is molecule that is a strong acid because when added to water, hydrogen ions are released into water making it acid.

Answer 3

Sulfuric acid is hydrogen sulfate or H2SO4 and is a strong acid and is normally liquid.

hydro sulfuric acid is commonly known as hydrogen sulfide or H2S It is a very weak acid and is normally a gas.

Answer 4

The chemical difference is the oxidation state of sulfur, but only this makes a great difference in the allover chemical properties:

• sulfurous acid, H2SO3, oxidation state +4, weak diprotic acid, only stable in water, without it will decompose into sulfurous oxide (gas, SO2)
• sulfuric acid, H2SO4, oxidation state +6, strong (second protolysis is relatively strong) diprotic acid, hygroscopical with and very stable in water.

There's no difference in spelling: sulFur and sulPHur

Answer 5

The difference is the chemical composition. Sulfur is S(-2). This is a sulfide ion. Sulfuric acid is derived from sulfate, SO4. Also acids are always bonded to hydrogens. The chemical formula for sulfuric acid is H2SO4

Answer 6

Fuming sulfuric acid is sulfuric acid that contains added sulfur trioxide,so3.

Answer 7

One of the main differences between carbonic acid and sulfuric acid is the chemical formula. Carbonic acid derives from CO2 with the formula of H2CO3, while sulfuric acid is H2SO4.

Answer 8

How do you make phosphoric. Acid into hypophosphite

Answer 9

Sulfate is a polyatomic ion with the chemical symbol SO4 and a valency of 2-.

Sulfide is a monatomic ion with the formula S2-

Answer 10

Sulfuric acid is H2SO4 and sulfurous acid is H2SO3.