NEUTRALIZATION REACTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does neutralization reaction mean? 

• NEUTRALIZATION REACTION (noun)
  The noun NEUTRALIZATION REACTION has 1 sense:

1. a chemical reaction in which an acid and a base interact with the formation of a salt; with strong acids and bases the essential reaction is the combination of hydrogen ions with hydroxyl ions to form water

  Familiarity information: NEUTRALIZATION REACTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEUTRALIZATION REACTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A chemical reaction in which an acid and a base interact with the formation of a salt; with strong acids and bases the essential reaction is the combination of hydrogen ions with hydroxyl ions to form water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

neutralisation; neutralisation reaction; neutralization; neutralization reaction

Hypernyms ("neutralization reaction" is a kind of...):

chemical reaction; reaction ((chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others)

 Context examples 

The unit is usually expressed in grams and is equal to the amount of substance that gains or loses one mole of electrons in a redox reaction, or to the amount of substances that releases or accepts one mole of hydrogen ions in a neutralization reaction; or to the amount of electrolyte that carries one mole of positive or negative charge.

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