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14.3 Exercise 8

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Gastric juice, the digestive fluid produced in the stomach, contains hydrochloric acid, HCl. Milk of Magnesia, a suspension of solid Mg(OH)2 in an aqueous medium, is sometimes used to neutralize excess stomach acid. Write a complete balanced equation for the neutralization reaction, and identify the conjugate acid-base pairs.

OpenStax Chemistry 2e, 14.3 Relative Strengths of Acids and Bases, exercise 8

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