Alkali, of course.
2NaOH + H2SO4 -> Na2SO4 + 2H2O
It is neutralization, say you have a wasp sting which is alkali, if you put lemon juice on it it would cancel the alkali out making the pain go away. From Nik (btw im only 13)
Hook up the positive lead to a 9V battery to the metal and stick the negative lead in a solution of salt water. then put the metal in the solution. this is called a corrosion cell and by hooking a battery up to it you are accelerating the process.
Pure water would have fewer ions.
From what I know, limestone is alkali, and high pH water would not weather alkali things. For the case of limestone, it might even make the limestone bigger (think so).
It would depend on which acid and alkali were involved, the general rule is that adding an acid to an alkali will produce a salt and water. Sulphuric acid and sodium hydroxide would give sodium sulphate + water Hydrochloric acid and potassium carbonate would give potassium chloride and water and carbon dioxide etc
If it was an strong alkali it would be irritant for the skin, if it was a weak alkali it would clean anything. Soap kill bacterias, the soap goes in to the bacterias cellmembrane and their membrane will be overlasted of water so it will explode and without cellmembrane the bacteria is as good as dead, then you wash your hands with water and the bacterias will go.
It would tend to neutralize it and to form water plus some salt.
1) Alkali metals are stored in oil to minimise reaction with oxygen or water, it's a physical barrier towards air but the alkali metals still gradually corrode a traces of oxygen and water diffuse through. The reaction of alkali metals with water gets more violent for elements lower in the group e.g. (Li < Na < K < Rb < Cs). Adding them to water will cause an explosion due to the extremely exothermic nature of reaction, and can be rather dangerous and some alkali metals can react violently with just moisture in the air. Most of the alkali metals float on the top of the water, depending on how big the alkali metal is determines the size of the reaction this is because they're less dense that water itself and also during the reaction the alkali metals give of hydrogen gas which is quite flammable. Alkali Metal + Water » Metallic Hydroxide + Hydrogen The francium would be like any other alkali metal, it would be very violent like the other alkali metals.
Alkalis are bases dissolved in water. They do not have specific colours and are often colourless liquids.Indicators are used to determine the strength of an acid or alkali and change colour when exposed to the liquid.Look at Universal Indicator Solution.
Whenever you mix an acid and an alkali, you always get a salt and water regardless of what the acid and alkali are. So in this case you would get sodium citrate and water as an end product.
No coffee is generally around pH 5. To be alkali it would need to be above pH 7.
For example the reaction with water.