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Mithoron
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Selecting between redox and neutralization reactions for a mixture of HCl, H2SO4 and NaOH

I know that you can have 2 acids reacting with 1 base. These 4 reactions are an example of this:

$\ce{3 HCl + H2SO4 + NaOH -> 3 H2O + SCl2 + O2 + NaCl}$

$\ce{6 HCl + 4 H2SO4 + 2 NaOH -> 8 H2O + 2 S2Cl2 + 5 O2 + 2 NaCl}$

$\ce{HCl + H2SO4 + 3 NaOH -> 3 H2O + Na2S + 2 O2 + NaCl}$

And

$\ce{HCl + H2SO4 + 3 NaOH -> 3 H2O + Na2SO4 + NaCl}$

I checked and all these equations are balanced. But will these reactions forming sulfur chlorides and ionic compounds with sodium and sulfur as well as $\ce{H2O}$ and for 3 of them, $\ce{O2}$, actually occur without any added heat or are they endothermic acid base reactions and thus require heat or will the stronger acid(in this case $\ce{HCl}$) be the one that reacts and the weaker acid (in this case $\ce{H2SO4}$) just make the pH of the solution lower?

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