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What color litmus paper is used to test acids?
Litmus paper.
Acids turn blue litmis paper what color?
The litmus paper is turned to red color in acidic solutions.
What happens when sulphur dioxide dissolved in water is tested by blue litmus paper?
Burnt Magnesium ribbon ----> MgO (magnesium oxide)(basic in nature) When added to water, it forms its hydroxide MgO+H2O ----> Mg(OH)2 (which is a base) when added to litmus paper or litmus solution....it will give a light blue colour
Why is litmus used as an indicator?
Litmus paper can be used to determine if a solution is acidic or basic
Do not alter the color of litmus paper?
In a neutral solution the litmus paper is purple.
When Litmus paper when added to calcium oxide and water?
the red litmus paper turns blue and the blue litmus paper remains blue indicating that the mixture is acidic>
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 kind of litmus paper do you use if you have an acid?
Blue litmus turned into red by acids.So you have to blue litmus.
What is the result when magnesium oxide is tested with red litmus paper?
fire
What colour does moist red litmus paper turn in magnesium oxide?
blue.
What colour does litmus paper turn in ammonia solution?
Red litmus paper turn blue. But blue one is not responding.
Why does lemon juice turned blue litmus paper red?
because it is an acid.
What could you use for red litmus paper to change color?
ammonium hydro oxide .....any base
What color litmus paper is used to test acids?
Litmus paper.
Why does blue litmus paper turned to red?
litmus paper finds if something is alkaline or acid blue= alkaline red=acid there are other colours along the PH scale
Acids turn blue litmis paper what color?
The litmus paper is turned to red color in acidic solutions.
When magnesium is reacted with water why does it turn the litmus paper blue?
Red litmus paper turns blue in basic conditions. the reaction of magnesium with water produces Magnesium Oxide and Hydrogen. Magnesium Oxide (Mg(OH)2) dissolves in water to form an alkaline solution. (Alkalines are a type of base)
