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The human stomach produces hydrochloric acid, commonly known as "stomach acid." It is generated in the digestion process, but when a person eats something requiring the stomach to work overtime in digesting it, like a pizza it may result in "heartburn." When this happens, people often take antacids, which contain a base such as aluminum hydroxide. Explain how the base relieves the symptoms for heart burn ?
pH is the concentration of H ions in the solution. As the acid gets neutralized, more of the H ions combine with OH from the base and form water lowering the H concentration and pH. The anion from the acid reacts with the cation from the base to give a salt.