Litmus is a mixture, not a single compound.
Litmus paper.
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Litmus paper can be used to determine if a solution is acidic or basic
Acid turns blue litmus red and maintains red litmus at the same color.
baking powder will not show any colour change in litmus soltion because water is absent but wen it is mixed wid water and then subjected to the litmus solution, the red litmus wud change to blue.
Litmus is a mixture, not a single compound.
It will go a pink purple couler indicating that it is an alkali.
We had a laboratory activity in our class and we burnt sulfur, then we placed blue and red litmus papers which are indicators to know if a substance is acidic or basic, the blue litmus paper turned red therefore the product of burning sulfur powder is acidic
Litmus paper.
Color of litmus will change.Red litmus will change into blue.
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Litmus is a colored powder, obtained from certain lichens, that changes to red in an acid solution, and to blue in an alkaline solution. Litmus is a mixture of various closely related heterocyclic organic compounds. It is used to make litmus paper , which can be used to determine whether a solution is basic or acidic by dipping a strip of the paper into the solution and seeing how the paper changes color.
Litmus is a natural dye indicator extracted from lichens.They react with acid (blue litmus turns red)& bases(red litmus turns blue) .Paper made with litmus dye indicators are called litmus paper and used in chemical laboratories.
Acids turn blue litmus to red. Bases turn red litmus blue.
Blue litmus turned into red by acids.So you have to blue litmus.
litmus reddener is acid