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Blue litmus will not change its color in bases or alkaline solutions.

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What would happen when blue litmus is put in sodium carbonate solution?

Blue litmus turns red in acid. Sodium carbonate solution is alkaline (basic), so nothing will happen when blue litmus is put into this. Red litmus will turn blue if added to sodium carbonate.


Does a base turn blue litmus paper blue?

yes a blue litmus paper turns red when put into an acid


What would happen if a strip of blue litmus paper is placed in a beaker of vinegar?

When a blue litmus paper are put in a solution of baking soda and the conditions are under the basic ph level, it will turn into red. And if a red litmus paper is put under acidic conditions, it will turn into blue.


What will happen when you put toothpaste to a red litmus paper?

Red litmus paper will turn blue in the presence of a base. Toothpaste is a base, so the litmus paper would turn blue.


What would happen when blue litmus is put in ferric chloride solution?

Blue litmus paper would turn red in ferric chloride solution due to the acidic nature of the solution, which would cause a change in the pH of the litmus paper turning it to red.


What color red litmus put in saliva?

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.


What happened when the blue and red litmus paper put in the jar of carbon dioxide?

Wet blue litmus become red in acidic solutions.


When drop of lemon juice are put on blue litmus it turn red what will happen if you put some drops of soap solution on the same position on litmus paper?

The litmus papers are used for checking the acidic and basic nature of any substance. That's why drop of lemon juice, which is by nature acidic, turns blue litmus into red(as the property of acidic solution is to change the color of blue litmus to red). So soap solution which is by nature basic will turn red litmus into blue (as the property of basic solution is to change the color of red litmus to blue).


When drops of lemon juice are put on blue litmus it turns red what will happen if you put drops of soap solution on the same position on litmus paper with that same apparatus procedures?

"Soap" is a little vague, but most soaps are somewhat alkaline and if I were forced to bet on what would happen I would guess that the litmus would turn blue again. However, depending on the kind of soap, it might do nothing except get it wet and soapy.


Which colour does red litmus paper turn if put into a glass of sea water?

Yes, sea water would change color with red litmus paper because sea water is basic. Under basic, or alkaline, conditions, red litmus paper turns blue. Being between the pH range of 7.5 and 8.4 (between 7 and 14 marks basic conditions), sea water is basic and, therefore, the red litmus paper will change color.


Testing saliva with litmus paper - what does it mean?

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.


What happens when blue litmus paper reacts with an acid?

It will generally turn the litmus paper red.