How is neutralization used in our everyday lives?

Answer 1

When soil turns acidic and slaked lime or lime stone is added to the soil, neutralization takes place.

When an ant stings on the skin and baking soda is applied on the skin for relief, neutralization takes place. Ant sting is acidic (due to formic acid) and baking soda is basic (due to sodium bicarbonate). Wasp sting on the other hand is basic and vinegar (contains acetic acid) is used for relief on wasp sting.

When someone suffers from acidity, some antacids are given to eat so that neutralization can take place in the stomach of the patient. Stomach has hydrochloric acid in it whereas a popular antacid is milk of magnesia which contains Mg(OH)2 .

When acidic wastes from factories are disposed off in rivers, they are first treated with bases so as to neutralize the wastes first and prevent the river water from getting acidic.

another one is when you drink Orange Juice or anything acidic, when you brush your teeth with toothpaste, which contains bases, they are neutralised to protect teeth.

Answer 2

put vinegar on a bee sting or put baking soda on a ant sting...

or when acid waste is dumped into a river by a factory a base is added before...

if you put a weak acid on a bee sting then like what it does to the wasp sting it neutralizes it............

these r exs of neutralization......................

Answer 3

Every day we neutralize things inside and outside of our bodies without even knowing. When we suffer acidity we take milk of magnesia. Even your body alone neutralizes, digestion is the best example of acid- base neutralization.

However, even when an ant stings the skin and baking soda is applied on the skin for relief, neutralization takes place. Ant sting is acidic and baking soda is basic. Wasp stings on the other hand are basic and vinegar is used for relief on wasp sting, we are still neutralizing.

In baking, Use of baking soda in cooking may be for the leavening effect (release of CO2) but it needs a neutralizing reaction to release the CO2.

The list is endless.

Answer 4

When the same amount or acid and alkali are mixed together to form neutralization