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A base reract with acids.

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Is an ammonia water an acid or a base?

Ammonia water is a base chemically, if it reacts with an acidic substance it will produce a salt that is dissolved in the water..


How Water is an amphoteric substance?

Yes, water can react as an acid or a base - amphoteric.


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Why is a metal not called a base even though it destroys acid compounds?

A base is not simply a substance that reacts with an acid. A base is a substance that accepts or "steals" a hydrogen ion from an acid or produces hydroxide ions (OH-) in water. A metal does neither of these.


Which substance is always a product when an Arrhenius acid in an aqueous solution reacts with an Arrhenius base in an aqueous solution?

This is neutralization which will produce salt and water


What substance either contains hydroxide ions or reacts with water to from hydroxide ions?

Called a base.... Bases have a bitter, soapy taste, and solutions of bases feel slippery.


What is the word that describe a substance that reacts with both strong acids and strong bases?

Acid and base


What happens when a base reacts with an acid?

the reaction which takes place when an acid reacts with a base is called neutralization reaction. For instance,if HCl reacts with NaOH, the products are NaCl and water. Neutralizing an acid with a base would always give salt and water as the only products.


What will happen when a base reacts with an acid?

the reaction which takes place when an acid reacts with a base is called neutralization reaction. For instance,if HCl reacts with NaOH, the products are NaCl and water. Neutralizing an acid with a base would always give salt and water as the only products.


What products form when base reacts with acid?

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When a base reacts with an acid water and a salt forms?

That is correct.


What is a substance that releases hydroxyl ions in a water?

A substance that releases hydroxyl ions in water is a base. Bases are substances which in water, becomes slippery, has a bitter taste, changes indicator color, forms salts with acids and promotes base catalysis. Alkaline earth materials is an example of a base.