What happens when Sodium hydroxide reacts with hydrochloric acid

Explanation:

This reaction between an acid and a base is called a neutralization reaction and the products of this reaction are salt and water..The base in this case is sodium hydroxide, acid is hydrochloric acid and the salt formed id sodium chloride.

a. energy is absorbed in the reaction.

if in a given reaction the energy of products is greater than the energy of reactants it means that reaction is endothermic and during the reaction, the energy is absorbed by reactants. in an endothermic reaction, the products have more stored chemical energy than the reactants. and in this reaction the reactants are more stable than products before the compounds with less energy are always more stable.