https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutralization_%28chemistry%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutralization_%28chemistry%29 There seems to be an established name

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutralization_%28chemistry%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutralization_%28chemistry%29 There seems to be an established name for what you call mixing an acid and a base: Neutralization Chemistry. Even freshwater lakes like lake erie ar pH 8.4, yet for some reason when articles are published about pH variance, it is never referred to as "neutralization" but rather "acidification"--with no mention of the net-alkalinity of the solution. The latter would paint the former phrasing as self-evidently awkward, of course. eg> http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-08-16/news/ct-met-great-lakes-acidification-20100816_1_carbon-dioxide-zebra-and-quagga-mussels-acidification http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-08-16/news/ct-met-gr...