Explanation:
A chemical reaction in which acid is added to base and this leads to the formation of salt and water is known as a neutralization reaction.
For example, [tex]HCl + NaOH \rightarrow NaCl + H_{2}O[/tex]
Here, sodium chloride (NaCl) is the salt formed due to chemical reaction between HCl and NaOH.
Basically, in this type of reaction acid is neutralized by the addition of a base.
Thus, we can conclude that when an acid such as hcl reacts with a base such as naoh, the products are a salt (nacl) and water (h2o) then neutralization is the term which best describes this type of chemical reaction.
