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Acid turns it red and base turns it blue

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Q: What color does blue litmus turn when exposed to an acid or base?
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What color does red litmus turn when exposed to an acid or base?

In Acid the red litmus stays red but in a base the litmus changes to blu


What color is litmus acid in a base?

Acid is a red base is a blue


What color does does litmus paper turn when exposed to a base?

blue


Acids causes litmus paper to turn into what color?

HCl (hydrochloric acid) is an acid so it will turn litmus paper red. and alkali will go from red litmus to blue.


What color does red litmus paper turn into from a acid?

Red litmus paper remains red when dipped into an acid. Blue litmus paper will turn red in an acid. Similarly, Blue litmus remains blue in a base. Red litmus turns blue in a base.


What color does litmus paper change if base or paper?

When litmus paper touches an acid, the paper changes to red. When it touches a base, the paper changes to blue. By comparing the color the litmus paper changed to by a chart, you could determine how strong or weak that acid or base is.


What color does red litmus paper turn in Nitric Acid?

Nothing, red litmus paper changes in the presence of an acid not a base, blue litmus paper turns red with nitric acid


What color does blue litmus paper go in acid?

Blue litmus turns red in the presence of an acid. The opposite is correct in case of a base ie in presence of a base, red litmus turns blue in colour.


An acid will turn litmus paper red and a base will turn litmus paper what color?

Way back when I was in high school (3000 BC) acid turned litmus paper pink and a base turned it blue.


What color would litmus turn with hydrochloric acid?

Red, remember blue base, acid red


When a base and an acid neutralize one another the litmus turns what color?

The color is purple in a neutral solution.


When a base is neutralized by an acid does the red litmus stay red and the blue litmus stays blue?

After the complete neutralization the litmus color remain unchanged - purple.