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This is a pH indicator.

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What is used as an indicator of whether a solution is acidic or basic?

pH strips are used to determine whether a solution is acidic or basic


What color does the indicator turn when starch is present?

Iodine is used to indicate whether starch is present in a solution. If starch IS present, the indicator will turn dark blue/black. Iodine is used to indicate whether starch is present in a solution. If starch IS present, the indicator will turn dark blue/black. FOR WHAT PURPOSE WE USE STARCH-IODINE INDICATOR PAPER


What is indicator used for?

An acid base indicator is used for determining the pH of a solution, and determining if it is an acid, a base, or neutral solution. Red-ox indicators are used to check whether a desired red-ox reaction has proceeded to its completion.


What indicator substance is used to test a leaf for starch?

Iodine Solution is used to determine whether starch is present.


Explain how to identify whether an equation has no solution or infinitely many solutions?

An equation can be determine to have no solution or infinitely many solutions by using the square rule.


An indicator with Ka equals 1.25 x 10-4 could be used to tell you whether a solution has a pH above or below?

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Is vanilla an olfactory indicator?

clove oil is. in bases its characteristis smell cannot be detected.


What is phenolphthalein?

it is a agar medium for Microbiology containing phenolphthalein biphosphate. It is used in Petri plates and detects the phosphatase character of microbial colonies but requires final addition of alkali to color the phenolphatlein and the color rapidly fades.


Which substance would be most appropriate to determine whether a substance contains simple sugars such as glucose?

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Imagine that you are an ecologist who must determine whether an entire biome is being threatened by human activity What might you look for in an indicator species?

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Using the Kw equation how is it possible to determine whether an aqueous solution is acidic basic or neutral?

When you combine the Kw equation with the total mass of the solution, you will get a number. If the number is above 60, it is a acid, it is below 75, it is a base and if your number is between 60 and 75, it is neutral.


What can show whether a solution contains an acid or a base?

Litmus paper. If it turns red it is an acid. If it turns blue it is a base.