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Hydrochloric acid is an acid.
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Is HCl plus NaOH acid ir base?
HCl+NaOH, when mixed in equimolar amounts, produces a neutral solution of NaCl.
Is strontium chloride an acid or base?
Neither, it is a neutral salt (conjugated with the strong acid HCl)
How do you make a neutral solution?
What determines if a solution is neutral is the ions present in solution. Something can be acidic, basic, or neutral. A typical acidic solution has H+ present in solution. An example of this is hydrochloric acid (HCl), which is a very strong acid. A typical basic solution has hydroxide ions (OH-) in solution. An example of this is NaOH. A neutral solution has ions that exhibit no acid/base properties. One of these is sodium chloride (NaCl). Group 1 ions do not exhibit any acid base properties, such as Na+. The conjugate bases of strong acids and the conjugate acids of strong bases also do not exhibit acid and base qualities. Cl- is the conjugate base of the strong acid HCl. There for a solution of NaCl is neutral or a pH of 7. So what determines if a solution is neutral are the ions present in solution. Group 1 ions are always neutral. Some other ions that are always neutral are Cl-, I-, Br-, and SO42- . These are all conjugate bases of strong acids.
Is HCI a weak base?
HCL* and no, HCL (hydrochloric acid) is obviously an acid, and not a base. this is because on the pH scale HCL has a rating higher than 7pH, making it not a base nor neutral. ;)
Is NH4ClO4 an acid base or neutral?
in solid state it is a neutral salt but its aqueous solution is slightly acidic in nature.
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).
What forms when you mix an acid and a base?
If the quantities are balanced, you will receive a neutral solution. Alternative answer You get a salt and water, e.g. NaOH + HCl ---> NaCl + H2O
Why sodium chloride has no effect litmus paper?
NaCl (sodium chloride) is a NEUTRAL salt. It is made from a strong acid (HCl) and a strong base (NaOH), thus a solution of this salt is neutral. When placed in water it hydrolyzes to produce HCl and NaOH.
Is HCL an acid base or is it neutral?
Acid. It contains hyrdonium ions more than hydroxide ions.
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 carbonic acid gives acid salt but hydrochloric acid does not?
Hydrochloric acid (HCl) is a strong acid, and when reacted with a strong base will give a neutral salt. When reacted with a weak base it will give an acid salt. Example, HCl + NH3 => NH4Cl.Carbonic acid (H2CO3) is a weak acid and is actually CO2 + H2O. When reacted with a strong base, it will give an alkaline salt and when reacted with a weak base will give a solution the pH of which will depend on the Kb and Ka of the reactants.
Is common salt is acid or base?
Common salt, table salt, sodium chloride, NaCl, whatever you call it is pretty much neutral in solution. This is because the double-replacement acid-base reaction that produces it has HCl and NaOH as reactants, and these are a strong acid and a strong base. Therefore, their "strength," which is a measure of their degree of ionization in solution, is about the same, and will cancel out.
