Learning goal: to learn to classify acids and bases and to predict the products of neutralization reactions. acids are substances that ionize to form free h+ ions in solution whereas bases are substances that combine with h+ ions. strong acids and strong bases completely ionize but weak acid and weak bases only partially ionize. a salt is a term for an ionic compound such as nacl or mgbr2. when an acid and a base are mixed together, a neutralization reaction occurs. the products of an acid-base reaction do not have the chemical characteristics of either the acid or the base that originally reacted. part a classify each substance as a strong acid, strong base, weak acid, or weak base. drag the appropriate items to their respective bins.