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yah, use an earth battery. One rod corodes at a different rate of another rod. Or, electrons are released or gained in an acid base reaction.

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Do salts produce acids and bases?

Salts are the products of the reactions between acids and bases.


Acids or bases dissolve in water to produce H?

Acids.


What property is acidity?

Acids can conduct electricity, have a sour taste, and bases will neutralize its properties. Bases can conduct electricity, feel slippery, and acids will neutralize its properties.


Do bases produce h plus ions?

No, acids do. Bases produce OH- ions


Why not Ksp is measured for acids and bases?

Ksp is only for ionic compounds that can produce a precipitate, thus acids and base can not produce a ppt when mixed together. acids and bases are always soluble.


Chemicals produced by the body to neutralize acids and bases?

The body produce that can neutralize acids.


Why alkalis are sometimes describe as the opposite of acids?

Alkalis (bases) react with acids to neutralize them, so in one sense, they can be considered as "opposite" of acids. Bases produce pH values >7 and acids produce pH values <7.


How does acids respond to Bases?

Acids + Bases pretty much neutralise each other. They produce salt and water when mixed.


Do bases and acids conduct electricity?

Yes, they both have a charge and therefore both can conduct electricity.


What are they definition salt acid bases?

Acids are substances that produce hydrogen ions when added to water. Bases on the other hand will produce negative ions when added to water. Salts are formed as a mixture of acids and bases with the acids producing H+ ions and bases OH- ions.


All acids and bases contain what that causes them to conduct electricity?

ions


What characteristics do acids and bases have in common?

Acids and bases both are conductors of electricity. Both also react with litmus paper and the strength of both acids and bases is dependent on the concentration of the ions they release.