How are acids and bases alike?

Answer 1

Very stong ones will kill you if you drink them. That's one way they're alike.

Answer 2

Both are quite corrosive on flesh or even most metals. That is because acids are on the low end of the pH scale--while bases are on the high end (caustic) end of the pH scale.
They react together in a general manner-- Acid + Base --->>>Salt + Water.
Keeping it simple makes it easy to understand, right?

Answer 3

A general formula for acid is H+, and for base, it's -OH....So, they both have hydrogens in them.....Another way to look at this is that an acid is a proton (H+) donor, and a base is a proton acceptor. This is the most basic idea of acids and bases.

Answer 4

Acid having a different properties,some are mild,strong and very pungent odor alike.Acids are in non soluble forms unless it is diluted in a certain type of solvent,or to form it's salt say for example 2,4-Dichlorophenoxy Acetic Acid,but it's not a soluble form so we have to use a base like Sodium Hydroxide to forms it's in a salt so the 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyaceticacid sodium salt.or it's called 2-4-D sodium salt.(weed killer).Bases have a burning ,mixing,soluble properties,it can be condensed with any acid to form a salt.

Answer 5

They have similarities and dissimilarities. If you are only interested the similarities, you can say they are both not chemically neutral in pH. Acids use a H- group, bases use
an -OH group. They both are active in chemical reactions, and really active in reactions with each other. The effects of their reactions may be different, though.

Answer 6

According to the bronsted lowry theory, they both involve the transfer of protons, and are in fact complementary...
Some substances can act as bases and acids depending on the reaction.