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Sodium chloride salt is used for cooking. It is formed when hydrochloric acid is added to sodium hydroxide solution, both of which are corrosive in nature. But sodium chloride is not. Give reasons.

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Both of them are corrosive but both of them are not acids. One is an acid and the other one is a base. So when acids and bases come together they neutralise each other. That is why sodium chloride is not corrosive

Explanation
The reaction between an acid and
a base is known as neutralization
reaction. In this reaction, both acid and
base cancel each other’s effect.
Neutralisation reaction results in the
formation of salt and water. During this
reaction, energy in the form of heat is
evolved.
Acid + Base → Salt + Water + Heat
For example, when sodium hydroxide
(NaOH) is added to hydrochloric acid
(HCl), sodium chloride (NaCl) and water
(H2O) are obtained.



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