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What happens to red litmus paper if dipped in water?
A bleaching agent turns litmus paper white. For example, chlorine gas turns damp blue litmus paper red, and then bleaches, making it white.
What color does hydrogen sulphide turn damp litmus paper?
Red, it's acidic.
What does it mean by substance A in paper?
If you mean what substances are present in paper, then it is principally cellulose. If you are asking about substance A in a question paper, it's a way of referring to an unknown substance so it can ask you questions based on the information given about it. For instance, if it says 'substance A turns damp red litmus blue' then you know that substance A is an acid.
What is a damp cloth?
A damp cloth is a piece of cloth that is slightly wet.
Does a nail rust faster when the air is damp or dry?
it rusts faster when it is damp cause the moisture of the damp and oxygen when they meet they create rust
How do you test for ammonia gas?
The most common way is to place a damp red litmus paper near it. It turns blue if the gas is ammonia.Place a damp red litmus paper over the mouth of the test tube. Ammonia gas turns damp red litmus paper blue. Ammonia also has a pungent odour.Ammonia turns red litmus into blue.It also emmits a white gas with HCl.
What test can be used to confirm the presence of ammonia gas?
1. It has a pungent smell 2. direct the gas to a damp red litmus paper. If the litmus paper turns blue, it is ammonia gas
How can you test for ammonia?
hold a damp piece of red litmus over an open container of ammonia if the gas is present the paper will turn blue
How do you do a lab experiment to prove you have ammonia gas?
Ammonia is the only common alkaline gas so we usually test it with damp red litmus paper. If it goes blue that shows you have ammonia.
Does ammonia turn litmus paper blue or red?
No, it shouldn't...AgNO3 has a neutral pH of 6, so the paper probably won't change colors.
What color does hydrogen chloride turn damp litmus paper?
turns blue litmus paper red
What is the test for ammonia?
damp red litmus paper turns blue i dont know the proper answer....but i do know what the answer above is either wrong or right.... from jessie j
What happens to red litmus paper if dipped in water?
A bleaching agent turns litmus paper white. For example, chlorine gas turns damp blue litmus paper red, and then bleaches, making it white.
Which Brown gas bleaches damp litmus paper?
chrolrine
Why does the litmus paper need to be damp?
so that the gas can dissolve onto it
How can you tell if the mixture is acidic or basic?
The simplest way is to use litmus paper. The mixture must be a liquid so that the mixture can react with the water and so dissociate into either hydronium or hydroxide ions. If it's a solid, try dissolving it in water. If you have a gas, use damp litmus paper. Red litmus paper is used to test for basic substances, and turns blue in a positive test. Blue litmus paper is used to test for acidic substances, and turns red in a positive test.
What color does hydrogen sulphide turn damp litmus paper?
Red, it's acidic.
