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Answer 1 · 2015-04-24T14:43:22

They form water and a salt through a reaction called "Neutralization Reaction".

The classical good old example to this is the reaction of Hydrochloric Acid ( $H C l$ $HCl$ ) and Sodium Hydroxide ( $N a O H$ $NaOH$ ).

$H C l$ $HCl$ $+$ $+$ $N a O H$ $NaOH$

Will break up into

$H^{+}$ $H^+$ $C l^{-}$ $Cl^-$ $+$ $+$ $N a^{+}$ $Na^+$ $O H^{-}$ $OH^-$

And reacting them together will result in this attraction

$H^{+}$ $H^+$ $O H^{-}$ $OH^-$ $+$ $+$ $N a^{+}$ $Na^+$ $C l^{-}$ $Cl^-$

Which will bind together and form this

$H_{2} O$ $H_2 O$ $+$ $+$ $N a C l$ $NaCl$

So basically the reaction will be like this:

$H C l$ $HCl$ $+$ $+$ $N a O H$ $NaOH$ $\to$ $->$ $H_{2} O$ $H_2 O$ $+$ $+$ $N a C l$ $NaCl$

However, this is true for strong acids and strong bases reacting together. For other cases involving weak acids or bases reactions, check the links below.

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