Is salt water and acid or a base?

Answer 1

it is neutral.

Salt is just salt It's not acid or not base. But salt can be the product of the reaction between acid and base.

It is neither. When a base and an acid react together, AKA neutralization reaction, it forms water, or H2O,which is neither a base or an acid. When the water evaporates, the ions come together and becomes salt.

Answer 2

Most salts are neutral substances, in some cases salts may show acidic or basic or amphotoric(both acidic or basic) characteristics.

When a salt is produced by the reaction of a strong acid and a strong base it will be neutral.

When a salt is produced by the reaction of a strong acid and a weak base it will show acidic characteristic.

When a salt is produced by the reaction of a weak acid and a strong base it will show basic characteristic.

When a salt is produced by the reaction of a weak acid and a strong base it will show neutral character.

Some rare salts such as Al2O3(aluminium oxide) are amphoteric in nature.

Answer 3

Salts are formed normally formed by the reaction of acids and bases. Sodium chloride, NaCl, is a salt (the one that we sprinkle on our food). The pH range of aqueous solutions of NaCl is 6.7 to 7.3, almost neutral in terms of acidic/basic. (MSDS Number: S3338) Each salt will have it's own characteristics. Some salts are very acidic (very low pH), while others can be very basic (very high pH). Each salt must be researched separately.

Answer 4

If the salt is common table salt then it is neutral.

Answer 5

Road salt is sodium chloride. It is a neutral salt and neither acidic nor basic

Answer 6

a salt may be neutral ,acidic or basic but a salt can neither be alkali or a strong acid.

Answer 7

neutral.