Acid–base reaction
An acid-base reaction is a chemical reaction between an acid and a base. The products of such a reaction are a salt and water. This reaction may also regarded as neutralization reaction.
The reaction can be simplified to
- [[hydroxide|OH
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(aq)]] +
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(aq) → [[water (molecule)|
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]]
The other ions remain constant because they are not affected by the reaction. They are called spectator ions.
Acids and oxides
An example of an acid-oxide reaction is sulfuric acid and copper(II) oxide reacting to form copper sulfate and water:
- H2SO4 + CuO —> CuSO4 + H2O
Another example of an acid-oxide reaction is nitric acid reacting with sodium oxide to form sodium nitrate and water:
- 2 HNO3 + Na2O —> 2 NaNO3 + H2O
The general equation is:
- acid + oxide = salt + water
Acids and hydroxides
This is one of the more common acid-base reactions. This reaction is one of the few processes to make sodium chloride using hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide:
- HCl + NaOH —> NaCl + H2O
Acids and carbonates
An acid can also react with a carbonate, which is a relatively weak base. An example is acetic acid reacting with calcium carbonate to form calcium acetate, carbon dioxide and water:
- 2 CH3COOH + CaCO3 —> Ca(CH3COO)2 + CO2 + H2O
The products of an acid-carbonate reaction is a soluble salt, carbon dioxide and water.