Let's imagine we are mixing a common acid like nitric acid and a common alkali - sodium hydroxide. When they react water and ... acid becomes a chloride and sulphuric acid becomes a sulphate.

Let's imagine we are mixing a common acid like nitric acid and a common alkali - sodium hydroxide. When they react water and ... acid becomes a chloride and sulphuric acid becomes a sulphate.

To the upper right we have very pure potassium chlorate, so much so that it bursts into flames when mixed with sugar and catalyzed with some sulfuric acid ... 8.25% sodium hypochlorite.