Writing Chemical Equations

[AChoudhry_1L]

When writing out chemical equations with acids and bases, how do you know what pairs with what?

[Montana James 4G]

if you're talking about neutralization reactions, what I do is make H2O (a lot of the time the hydroxide comes from the base and the other H comes from the acid) and then pair whatever is leftover to make a salt.

[Ally Huang- 1F]

A very general way of writing acid/base reactions is to have the acid donate a hydrogen and the base accept a hydrogen. The base will gain a hydrogen and the acid will lose a hydrogen in the reaction.