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What happens when you mix a base and an acid together?

i heard it gives off chlorine or mustard gas but also makes a water like substance

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If you mix an equal amount of acid and base, you get a material that is neither. Acids are neutralized by a base, so you get a neutral pH. Water and a salt are formed.

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