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You can take sodium chloride to be pretty much neutral. In water, it dissociates into sodium and chlorine ions. The chlorine acts as a weak Bronsted base (It's the conjugate base of HCl), but the sodium acts a weak bronsted acid (It's the conjugate acid of NaOH).
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 14y agoNaCl is not a base at all; it's a salt.
It is readily formed by the combination of a strong acid (HCl) and a strong base (NaOH).
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∙ 10y agoNo it is not. It is a salt made form a mixture of acid and a base.
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∙ 10y agoThe water solution of sodium chloride is neutral.
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∙ 11y agoNaCl, sodium chloride, is a salt and an ionic compound. It does not donate protons to solution or accept protons in solution, so not an acid or base.
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∙ 11y agoNo. Sodium bicarbonate is a weak base.
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∙ 12y agoSodium chloride (NaCl) is a salt.
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Is NaCl an acid or a base?
NaCl is a salt formed by combination of a strong acid and a strong base, so it can't be put in simple acid or base category.
When mixing 1m of a strong acid and a strong base you get?
Let's see. NaOH + HCl = NaCl + H2O The usual salt ( NaCl ) and water.
Why is HCl and NaCl a good buffer?
No, NaOH is a strong base and NaCl is the salt of a strong acid and a strong base and so has no acidic or basic properties. A buffer solution requires an acidic or basic salt and the corresponding weak acid or base.
Equations that contained strong acid strong base that would equal to water and salt?
HCl + NaOH--> NaCl + H2O
What acid and base can you comdine and what happens?
How about the ever faithful hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide: HCl + NaOH --> NaCl + H20. Strong Acid + Strong Base = Salt & Water
What two items are made when you combine a strong acid with a strong base?
A salt of the acid and water. For example HCl + NaOH ---> NaCl + H2O
What are the products when a strong acid and a strong base are combined?
NaOH + HCl -> NaCl + H2O A neutralization reaction resulting in the products of a salt and water.
How do acids react with caustic soda?
A strong acid and strong base (caustic soda ) reaction produces a salr and water. NaOH + HCl --> NaCl + H2O
What does a general acid base reaction look like?
This is a strong base/acid neutralization reaction with a product of salt and water. NaOH + HCl --> NaCl + H2O
Is it true that neutralization cancels the properties of an acid and a base?
Let's see. NaOH + HCl -> NaCl + H2O Looks like it. The product of this strong base and strong acid reaction is a salt ( table salt ) and water.
Is NaCl (aq) an acidic neutral or basic solution?
A strange question, as not /every/ strong acid and strong base will form an NaCl solution. Was the real question maybe: "Which strong acid with which strong base can form an NaCl solution?" (which sounds a lot like a chemistry quiz question...) to which the answer would be: Hydrochloric acid (HCl) with equimolar amounts of Sodium hydroxide (NaOH) (both naturally as aqueous solutions) will form an aqueous solution of NaCl: HCl + NaOH --> H+ + Cl- + Na+ + OH- --> H2O + Na+ + Cl-
Why NACL solution is neutral?
Sodium Chloride (NaCl) solution is neutral because Sodium has a valency of +1 and Chlorine has a valency of -1 which means when they form a bond it is neutral. e.g. 1 - 1 = 0 Therefore, NaCl solution is neutral. If you are referring to it being neutral in terms of pH, it is because the Na+ and Cl- ions are pH neutral. In acid base terms NaCl is the salt of a strong acid (hydrochloric acid HCl) and a strong base (NaOH).
