What happens when you add sodium hydroxide to an acid?

Sodium hydroxide undergoes a neutralisation reaction when it is combined with acid. NaOH reacts with acid to produce a water and an ionic compound. For example, when sodium hydroxide reacts with hydrochloric acid (HCl), the hydroxide ion from NaOH reacts with the hydrogen ion in HCl to form water (H2O).

What happens to the pH of hydrochloric acid as sodium hydroxide is added to it?

If we add a base to an acid, the pH of the resulting solution will increase, because the acid will lose some of its potency. If we add an acid to a base, the opposite will happen. The pH will decrease, because the base will lose some of its potency.

What would happen to the pH of a strong acid solution if water was added?

Adding water to an acid or base will change its pH. Water is mostly water molecules so adding water to an acid or base reduces the concentration of ions in the solution. When an acidic solution is diluted with water the concentration of H + ions decreases and the pH of the solution increases towards 7.

What will happen if we add strong acid into a beaker of water?

If you add water to acid, you form an extremely concentrated solution of acid initially and the solution may boil very violently, splashing concentrated acid. If you add acid to water, the solution that forms is very dilute and the small amount of heat released is not enough to vaporize and spatter it.

What happens when you add acid to a base?

If an acid is added to a basic solution, the solution becomes less basic and moves toward the middle of the pH scale. This is called neutralizing the base.

What will sodium hydroxide react with?

Sodium hydroxide reacts with strong acids (hydrochloric, sulfuric or nitric), water, and moisture to rapidly release heat. Sodium hydroxide reacts with metals (aluminum, lead, tin or zinc) to form flammable and explosive hydrogen gas.