Predict the products and write a balanced chemical equation for the reaction between sulfuric acid (H₂SO₄) and potassium hydroxide (KOH).

H₂SO₄ + 2KOH → 2H₂O + K₂SO₄

Which of the following scenarios will result in a neutral solution after a neutralization reaction?

Equimolar amounts of a strong acid and a strong base are mixed.

I can predict the products of a neutralization reaction and write a balanced chemical equation.

1
A neutralization reaction occurs when an acid and a base react to form water and an ionic salt.
2
For a strong acid and strong base to produce a neutral solution, they must be mixed in stoichiometric amounts.
3
The strength of the acid and base determines if the resulting solution is acidic, basic, or neutral, but all qualify as neutralization reactions.