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When an acid and a base are mixed together, a neutralization reaction occurs. the products of an acid-base reaction do not have the chemical characteristics of either the acid or the base that originally reacted?

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This is generally true, though if either the acid or base (or both) is a weak base, the reaction may not go to completion and the properties of the mixture may be more complicated.

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