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1 Acids can react with bases.Which type of reaction happens
when an acid reacts with a base?
neutralisation
decomposition
polymerisation
combustion

1 Acids can react with bases.Which type of reaction happens when an acid reacts with a base? neutralisation decomposition polymerisation combustion

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Neutralisation

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## The concept that comes into play here is similar to the example given. We have an acid and a base reacting with each other. This type of reaction falls under a specific category in chemistry.<br /><br />## There is an important phenomenon that happens when an acid and a base react. It may be recalled that acids can donate protons (H+), while bases have the ability to accept these protons. Precisely, the event of an acid donating a proton, and the base subsequently taking this proton, results in two neutral products: a salt and water. The salt if forms, are usually the product of the positive part of the base and the negative part of the concentrates in reaction.<br /><br />## In chemistry, this precise type of reaction between an acid and a base is termed a neutralization reaction. Hence, when an acid and base react, it's not decomposition (the breakdown of a single entity (normally a molecule) into two or more fragments.), or polymerisation (a process of reacting monomer molecules together in a chemical reaction to form three-dimensional networks or polymer chains) or combustion (an exothermic reaction in the presence of an oxidant, usually oxygen) but neutralization.
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