When an acid solution and a base solution are mixed in suitable amounts, both the acidic nature of the acid and the basic nature of the base are destroyed. The resulting solution is neither acidic nor basic, it become neutral. This process is known as neutralisation reaction. Fill one fourth of a test tube with dilute hydrochloric acid and add few drop of litmus solution. Now the colour of the solutions become red. Now add to this acidic solution drops of sodium hydroxide solution gradually one by one with a dropper. Stir the tube gently. Continue adding the sodium hydroxide solution drop by drop while stirring till the colour just become green. Now the effect of hydrochloric acid is neutralized by the base sodium hydroxide.
