Miss Fong: Yes. Let's imagine we are mixing a common acid like nitric acid and a common alkali - sodium hydroxide. When they react water and a salt called sodium nitrate is produced. Katie ...

including the exothermic reactions between hydrochloric acid and magnesium, nitric acid and sodium hydroxide, and anhydrous copper sulfate and water. Endothermic reactions include solid citric ...

The potassium reacts with the water and gets very hot, producing potassium hydroxide and hydrogen gas which ignites. The reaction of the potassium with water is similar to the reaction of sodium in ...

The hacker briefly increased the amount of sodium hydroxide (lye) in Oldsmar's water treatment system, but a worker spotted it and reversed the action. Lye is used in small amounts to control ...