Simple Chem Question!
NaOH + H2SO4 - H2O + NaHSO4
The net ionic equation for this molecular equation was H+ + OH- = H2, meaning that H2SO4 needed to break up into H+ and HSO4-. I thought that H2SO4 breaks up into 2H+ and SO42-... Why does it break up like H+ and HSO4-?? (There were no moles of acid/base told on the question..)

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Simple Chem Question! 
NaOH + H2SO4 -> H2O + NaHSO4
The net ionic equation for this molecular equation was H+ + OH- = H2, meaning that H2SO4 needed to break up into H+ and HSO4-. I thought that H2SO4 breaks up into 2H+ and SO42-... Why does it break up like H+ and HSO4-?? (There were no moles of acid/base told on the question..)

anonymous · Answer

it probably has to deal with how h2so4 looks like

anonymous · Answer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulfuric_acid

anonymous · Answer

the h2 isn't bonded to one element

anonymous · Answer

H ions can only be broken up one at a time