From:	Spike spike1@*******.co.uk
Subject:	Salty Chocolate Recipes (2 cups Sweaty Poo)
Date:	Thu, 8 Jun 2000 20:24:43 +0100 (BST)

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> > Since when has salt been an acid? Acid + Base = salt water. Basic
> > chemistry (or chemestry, as the case may be).
>
>
> Water is a base??? Distilled water is as close as I recall anything being
> to "neutral pH".

No one said Water was a base.
ACID + BASE = SALT + WATER.
One of the most fundamental chemistry rules around.

e.g.
Hydrochloric Acid + Sodium Oxide
HCL + NaO2
Sodium Chloride and Water
NaCL H2O

Salts are acid-scale functions, and water itself
> (especially water within the body) is a mildly acidic scale on the pH.

Salts are neutral (in fact, the way you know an acid/base reaction is evenly
balanced is by using an indicator to show when the solution is neutral).
The human body is mildly acidic (pH 5.5, as the adverts say)

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