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A base.An alkali turns litmus paper blue.The solution is a base.
Some substances do not change the color of litmus paper because they are neither acid or nor base. They are called neutral substances.
because litmus paper is smeared of some chemical substances which makes litmus paper to change color when reacted with acids or bases
blue
Acidic substances turn blue litmus paper to a red-ish, pink. Base substances however will turn red litmus a blue-ish purple.
Litmus become blue in contact with basic substances.
A base.An alkali turns litmus paper blue.The solution is a base.
Some substances do not change the color of litmus paper because they are neither acid or nor base. They are called neutral substances.
because litmus paper is smeared of some chemical substances which makes litmus paper to change color when reacted with acids or bases
blue
Acidic substances turn blue litmus paper to a red-ish, pink. Base substances however will turn red litmus a blue-ish purple.
You use the blue litmus to to test an acid other wise no result of testing an acid
Indicators such as litmus paper
Litmus paper.
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Acidic substances turn blue litmus red
Well if you place blue litmus paper in saliva and it turns red, then the saliva is acidic. If you put red litmus in the saliva and it turns blue, then the saliva is alkaline. However, if the red litmus doesn't change colour and the blue litmus doesn't change colour, the saliva would be neutral.