<P> Neutralization is the reaction between an acid and a base, producing a salt and neutralized base; for example, hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide form sodium chloride and water: </P> <Dl> <Dd> HCl + NaOH → H O + NaCl </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> HCl + NaOH → H O + NaCl </Dd> <P> Neutralization is the basis of titration, where a pH indicator shows equivalence point when the equivalent number of moles of a base have been added to an acid . It is often wrongly assumed that neutralization should result in a solution with pH 7.0, which is only the case with similar acid and base strengths during a reaction . </P>

Another name for an acid beginning with p