What is the primary product of the reaction between an acid and a base?
Correct Answer: Salt and water
- Step 1: Understand that an acid is a substance that donates protons (H+) and a base is a substance that accepts protons.
- Step 2: When an acid and a base react together, they undergo a chemical reaction.
- Step 3: During this reaction, the acid donates a proton to the base.
- Step 4: This transfer of protons leads to the formation of two main products.
- Step 5: The first product is water (H2O), which is formed when H+ from the acid combines with OH- from the base.
- Step 6: The second product is salt, which is formed from the remaining parts of the acid and base after the proton transfer.
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