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The quantity of hydrogen ions in a solution indicates whether the solution is an acid or a base.
pH level Check the pH level of the solution with a piece of litmus paper.
Litmus will allow you to tell if a solution is a acid or a base.
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Basic
An acidic solution can neutralize a basic solution by reacting with the excess hydroxide ions present in the basic solution, forming water and a salt as the products. Common acids used for neutralizing bases include hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid, and acetic acid.
When an acid solution is mixed with a basic solution, there will be a neutralization reaction in which hydrogen ions from the acid will combine with hydroxide ions from the base, to form water.
A solution may be acidic basic or neutral.
In acid, phenylphthalein is colorless; however, in a basic solution, it is a pinkish to purple color. Therefore it is useful in determining whether a solution is acidic or basic.
The solution will be basic at the equivalence point when a formic acid solution is titrated with lithium hydroxide. This is because formic acid (a weak acid) is neutralized by lithium hydroxide (a strong base), resulting in the formation of lithium formate, which is a salt of a weak acid and a strong base.
An aqueous solution of LiC2H3O2 is slightly basic. This is because the acetate ion (C2H3O2−) is the conjugate base of acetic acid, which is a weak acid. The presence of this ion makes the solution slightly basic.
No, a bicarbonate solution is basic. Bicarbonate ions are the conjugate base of carbonic acid, which makes the solution basic in nature.