An acid or base is mixed with water.
Is this process is exothermic or endothermic one?
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Mixing concentrated acids or bases with water is a highly exothermic process as heat is expelled out.
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Acid base neutralization involves the formation of a salt and water. Such a process is inevitably exothermic.
Bond breaking is endothermic, whereas bond formation is exothermic.
In the generalized acid base reaction, 2 substance, salt and water, is formed, whose formation should be instrinsially exothermic.
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