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This is because the base can neutralize the acid faster than a base

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Q: Why is the base added to the acid and not the other way round?
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What is added to an acid to maintain its pH?

a base


How does pH change when an acid is added to a base?

The pH lowers from around 14 to a lower number as acid is added.


How is acid and neutralization connected?

Acid is neutralized when it is added to an equal amount of base.


What is the reaction of the base when added in acid?

This is a neutralization reaction.


How so acid base buffer systems minimize pH changes?

Buffers contain both one weak acid and its coupled weak base, that can not react with each other (they are a so-called conjugated system). When you add strong acid it will react with the base part of this buffer, when strong base (hydroxide) is added it will react with the acid.


Happens when an acid is added to a base?

If you add the same quantity of an acid and a base it will become neutral.i.e forms salt and water


What are requirements for a buffer solution?

Requirements for a Buffer Solution:There are three requirements for buffer:• Must be a mixture of weak acid and its salt or weak base and its salt• A buffer must contain relatively large concentration of acid to react with added base (OH-) and also must contain similar concentration of base to reaction with added acid (H+).• The acid and base components of the buffer must not consume each other in a neutralization reaction.


What is formed when an acid is added to a base or alkaline solution?

a neutral


What colour does phenolpthalien go when its added to acid?

In acid: colorless8.2 purple]In base: purple


What happens with a stong acid is added to a base?

The acid and base will neutralize each other and the resulting solution will be more neutral. If the base being neutralized is strong, the resulting salt will be neutral. If the base is weak the resulting salt will be acidic. A solution of such a salt may be called a buffer.


If more base is added to a fixed amount of base will neutralize?

A base is neutralized adding an acid, not another volume of a base.


Is CH3CH3 a base acid salt or other?

CH3CH3 is not a base, acid or a salt. The answer would be other. It is ethane.