Salts are produced in the reactions of acids. Some salts can be useful, and so chemists sometimes carry out preparations of pure salts. There are two different approaches to making a pure salt which ...

A neutralisation reaction is one in which an acid reacts with a base to form water. A salt is also formed in this reaction. Bases are metal oxides, metal hydroxides and metal carbonates. In the ...

The tragic accident, when a restaurant manager in Massachusetts died, was the result of a simple chemical reaction called neutralization. That's when an acid and a base are combined. Unfortunately in ...