What happens when acetic acid react with sodium hydoxide

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Acetic acid (CH₃COOH) is acid and Sodium hydroxide (NaOH) is base or alkali.

Acetic acid neutralises sodium hydroxide base to form salt of sodium acetate and this reaction also generate water.

CH₃COOH _(aq) + NaOH_(aq) $\to$ CH3COO-Na_(aq)+ H2O_(aq)
sodium acetate

This type of reaction is called as acid-base neutralisation reaction.

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