Acid + base → salt + water
This is. A neutralization reaction
Can we say that only neutral salt are formed as a result of neutralization reactions... because in neutralization reactions equally concentrated acids react with equally concentrated bases.

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No it does not. Neutralisation can also lead to Acidic Salt or Basic Salt.It depends on the acid and the base you use. For example, take Sodium Chloride. The acid is - Hydrochloric acid ( chloride ) and the base is Sodium Hydroxide ( Sodium ). Since we know that both of them are strong acid and base respectively, the salt will be neutral. Remember the following formulas:-

STRONG ACID + STRONG BASE = Neutral Salt

STRONG ACID + WEAK BASE = Acidic Salt

WEAK ACID + STRONG BASE = Basic Salt

More examples for Neutral Salts - Potassium Nitrate , Calcium SulphateMore examples for Basic Salts - Sodium acetateMore examples for Acidic Salts - Ammonium Nitrate, Magnesium sulphate

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True or false?

(a) Oxides of metals are basic.

(b) Common salt is acidic.

(d) Bases are formed by the neutralization reaction between acids and salts.

(e) Salts are neutral.

- 13.7 k c a l m o l^{- 1}

\begin{matrix} List - I & List - II (|Enthalpy change in kcal|) & (Neutralisation) (I) < 13.7 kcal & (P) H C l 1 mol + N a O H 1 mol (II) = 13.7 kcal & (Q) H F 1 mol + N a O H 1 mol (III) > 13.7 kcal & (R) H C l 1 mol + N H_{4} O H 1 mol (IV) = 27.4 kcal & (S) N a O H 2 mol + H_{2} S O_{4} 1 mol (T) N a O H 1 mol + C H_{3} C O O H 1 mol \end{matrix}

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