Question

Consider this reaction: acid + base salt + water. What type of reaction is this?
a. hydrolysis
b. combination
c. decomposition
d. neutralization
e. combustion

Answer 1

Acid + base ---> Salt + water is a neutralization reaction

Answer 2

Answer: Option (d) is the correct answer.

Explanation:

A reaction in which hydrogen ions from an acid completely react with the hydroxide ions of a base and results in the formation of salt and water is known as a neutralization reaction.

For example, $HCl + NaOH \rightarrow NaCl + H_{2}O$ is a neutralization reaction.

Therefore, we can conclude that $acid + base \rightarrow salt + water$ is a neutralization reaction.