Acids are substances that produce hydrogen ions when added to water. Bases on the other hand will produce negative ions when added to water. Salts are formed as a mixture of acids and bases with the acids producing H+ ions and bases OH- ions.
Sulfuric acid is an acid. It is a strong mineral acid with the formula H2SO4. It is not a base or a salt.
Salt does not break down acids and bases. Salt is a neutral compound that is formed when an acid reacts with a base, typically through a chemical reaction known as neutralization. In this reaction, the acid and base cancel each other out to form water and a salt.
It is neither. It is a neutral substance when solvated in water.
This question depends on your definition of acids and bases. Assuming we are talking about simple neutralization of acids and bases in water as a solvent, then the reactants are hydrogen and hydroxide ions and the product is water.H+(aq) + OH-(aq) --> H2O(l)At an even simpler level we can say acid + base --> salt + water.
Bases and acids can react to form salt and water through a chemical reaction called neutralization. In this reaction, the hydrogen ions from the acid combine with the hydroxide ions from the base to form water, while the positively charged ion from the base and the negatively charged ion from the acid combine to form a salt.
A salt is what you get if you mix an acid and a base. Salts are the products of reactions between acids and bases (neutralization reactions).
By definition, salt is completely neutral. Acids and bases neutralize each other to form salts (which is any ionic compound technically).
Sulfuric acid is an acid. It is a strong mineral acid with the formula H2SO4. It is not a base or a salt.
A salt of nitrous acid
Acid + Base -> Salt + Water
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Bases are the opposite of acids due to the fact they are a hydrogen ion acceptor and an acid is a hydrogen ion donor. In the many definitions of bases and acids, bases do the opposite of what acids do. -- In the Lewis definition, acids are electron pair acceptors while bases are electron pair donors. -- In the Bronsted-Lowry definition, acids are substances that donate protons while bases are substances that accepts protons. -- In practicality, acids lower the pH of a solution and bases increase the pH of a solution.
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Salt does not break down acids and bases. Salt is a neutral compound that is formed when an acid reacts with a base, typically through a chemical reaction known as neutralization. In this reaction, the acid and base cancel each other out to form water and a salt.
It is neither. It is a neutral substance when solvated in water.
Salts are the result of acids neutralizing bases. If the base is weak and the acid is strong, the salt will have some acid character. If you dissolve an acid salt in water, it will lower the pH.
Bases (alkaloids) are used to neutralize acids. ACID+BASE=SALT+WATER.