Answer by MichaelK for Why doesn't base/acid reacting with water create a salt?
Neutralization vs Solvation vs Dilution:Semantically, the reaction of acid or base with water is (usually) solvation and dilution, not neutralization. Pure water $\ce{pH}$ (at $\pu{25^{\circ}C}$) is...
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An acid/base neutralization will create a salt + water. is rather a secondary/junior high school teaching.It is rather$$\ce{AcidA + BaseB <=> BaseA + AcidB}$$E.g.:$$\ce{NH3(base) + H2O(acid)...
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An acid/base nwutralization will create a salt + water. If one uses water itself as the acid or base, and have an acid/base neutralization, how come that doesn't create a salt?For example:$$...
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