If you tasted and acid or a base how would they taste?

Answer 1

AcidsBasesTasteSour

• household vinegar (acetic acid)
• lemon juice, Orange Juice or citrus fruit juices (citric acid)
• Vitamin C (ascorbic acid)
• Coca-Cola (contains phosphoric acid)

Bitter

• Milk of Magnesia (magnesium hydroxide)
• Maalox antacid

  (Magnesium hydroxide and aluminum hydroxide)

Feelconcentrated acids can cause skin burn; care should be taken when handling acidsconcentrated bases can cause skin burn; care should be taken when handling bases;

bases often feel slippery or soapy;Reaction to Litmus Paperturn litmus paper redturn litmus paper blueReactions

• React with bases to form salt and water (i.e. neutralization reaction)
• React with metals such as magnesium, zinc, iron to roduce hydrogen gas, H2 (g).

• React with acids to form salt and water (i.e. neutralization reaction)

Examples

• car battery (sulfuric acid)
• stomach acid (hydrochloric acid)
• caronate water (carbonic acid)

• drain cleaner, oven cleaner (sodium hydroxide)
• cleaning products (ammonia solution)