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I think it's because the covalent bonds are strong, and therefore unreactive to acids & alkalis.
You'd need to get alkanes in gas form to make it react, but you'd still need energy for it to react, like, say, heat perhaps?
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∙ 13y ago
Alkanes are unreactive with acids and alkalis because they lack functional groups that can interact with them. Alkanes consist of only single bonds between carbon atoms and hydrogen atoms, making them relatively inert in these reactions. Their lack of polar or charged groups also contributes to their low reactivity.
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∙ 13y agoAlkanes do not react with acids or alkalis, because of their oily nature.
Alkanes do not have a reactive group (e.g. -OH or -COOH or -COOC) so they cannot react with water.
Alkanes are hydrocarbons - they do not have oxygen. An acid or an alkali is determined by their functional groups, H+ and -OH.
If you add an acid to an alkali, the H+ group and the -OH group react with each other and form water.
Alkanes do not have a functional group, so therefore cannot react with an acid or an alkali.
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∙ 13y agobecause alkanes are saturated hydrocarbons. they react with aqueous reagents but in vigorous conditions for ex at high pressure and at high temperature.
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When acids and alkalis are mixed together they?
They neutralize each other to form salt and water.
What is the difference between an acid and an alkali?
Acids are substances that release hydrogen ions (H+) when dissolved in water, while alkalis are substances that release hydroxide ions (OH-) when dissolved in water. Acids have a pH less than 7, while alkalis have a pH greater than 7. They are chemical opposites and neutralize each other when mixed together.
Where does food get mixed with strong acids?
It gets mixed in the enzymes
Why should be alkalis treated with care?
Because a strong alkali is corrosive, and will eat holes in your skin.
What happens when sodium chloride is mixed with gold?
You get a mixture of sodium chloride and gold. There will be no chemical reaction. Gold is very unreactive.
When acids and alkalis are mixed together they?
They neutralize each other to form salt and water.
Where does food get mixed with strong acids?
It gets mixed in the enzymes
Why should be alkalis treated with care?
Because a strong alkali is corrosive, and will eat holes in your skin.
What gas is produced when copper is mixed with acids?
Depends on the acids you're mixing the copper with!
What happens when sodium chloride is mixed with gold?
You get a mixture of sodium chloride and gold. There will be no chemical reaction. Gold is very unreactive.
What happens when acids bases salts are mixed?
Acids reacting with bases form salts. Salts may soluble in acids.
Can an acid be canceled out by a base?
Acids release hyrogen ions while bases absorb them, thus canceling out the effects of one another.
What are two substances that can be mixed to neutralized each other?
Acid and base can be mixed to neutralize each other as they react and form water and a salt, which results in a neutral solution. Another example is mixing baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) with vinegar (acetic acid), which produces carbon dioxide gas and water, leading to neutralization.
What color the red cabbage juice turn in to when it is mixed with strong acids?
it turns into a yellowish orangish. Depends on what acids.
The gas evolved when metals react with dilute acids?
When metals react with dilute acids, hydrogen gas is evolved. This is because metals displace hydrogen from the acid, resulting in the formation of metal salts and hydrogen gas as a byproduct. The reaction can be represented as metal + acid → metal salt + hydrogen gas.
What is the equation for the reaction involved when the bromine is mixed with the ethyne?
The Nucleophilic substitution of Halo alkanes
How does acids respond to Bases?
Acids + Bases pretty much neutralise each other. They produce salt and water when mixed.
