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Offline jsmith613

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Neutralisation
« on: May 26, 2010, 02:49:08 PM »
I always thought that the following equation was NOT neutrlisation:

Acid + Metal  :rarrow: salt + water

BUT

wikipedia suggest otherwise:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutralization_(chemistry)#Example_reactions

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Re: Neutralisation
« Reply #1 on: May 26, 2010, 02:57:10 PM »
I would not classify acid/metal reaction as neutralization as well. Wikipedia is not perfect.
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Re: Neutralisation
« Reply #2 on: May 26, 2010, 05:33:40 PM »
Actually you haven't even got the reaction correct. From your Wikilink it's:

acid + metal → metal salt + hydrogen

and

acid + metal oxide → metal salt + water

not


Acid + Metal  →  salt + water
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