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A chemist combines 5.0 mL of 1 M KOH with 7.5 mL of 1.5 M HBr. She labels this solution as solution A. She then
A chemist combines 5.0 mL of 1 M KOH with 7.5 mL of 1.5 M HBr. She labels this solution as "solution A". She then adds a strip of magnesium metal to "solution A".
Is "solution A" acidic, basic, or neutral? Will a reaction occur when the magnesium is added to "solution A"?
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Chemistry The Central Science
Authors: Theodore Brown, Eugene LeMay, Bruce Bursten, Catherine Murphy, Patrick Woodward
12th edition
321696727, 978-0132175081, 978-0321696724
