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An Investigation Into The Neutralisation Of Acids
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An Investigation Into The Neutralisation Of Acids Introduction Neutralisation is when you make a acidic or alkaline substance neutral by adding the other to it. Whatever the substance, when you neutralise it, a salt is always formed. I will be trying to find out the stronger out of a variety of Acids and place them into a rank order from strongest to weakest using neutralisation. Research Acids is the name given to substances that have a pH value lower than 7. As the pH gets lower, the more acidic the substance gets. Acids react with most metals to produce hydrogen and form a salt. The salt forms because the metal takes the place of the hydrogen in the acid e.g. Sodium Nitrate. Acids are caused by the amount of H+ (hydrogen) ions contained, the more H+ ions then the lower pH and the stronger the acid is. This is because there are more H+...
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