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Would lemon juice turn litmus blue or red?

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Red because the lemon juice is acidic.

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What effect does lemon juice have on a red and blue litmus paper?

Lemon juice is an acid therefore, it turns blue litmus paper red and red litmus paper remains red


What colour does lithmus paper turn when dipped in lemon juice?

Lemon juice contains citric acid so blue litmus paper dipped in lemon juice will turn red indicating that it is acidic.Blue litmus paper become red in acidic solutions (lemon juice contain citric acid).


Why does lemon juice litmus paper red?

Lemon juice is an acid and blue litmus paper turns red when dipped in an acidic liquid.


Litmus paper dipped in lemon juice?

Lemon juice contains citric acid so blue litmus paper dipped in lemon juice will turn red indicating that it is acidic.


What colour does red litmus paper turn when dipped in lemon juice?

It would remain red, red litmus paper only reacts to blue in the presence of a base. Lemon juice is acidic and thus wouldn't turn the paper a color. If blue litmus paper was used in the lemon juice it would turn red. Consequently dipping blue litmus paper in a base won't change the color because it does not react with bases, only acids.


What colour does litmus paper turn into when dipped in lemon juice?

blue


Why does lemon juice turned blue litmus paper red?

because it is an acid.


Why does blue litmus paper turn red when saoked in an apple juice?

whenever a litmus paper turns blue to red it means the solution is acidic this definitely means apple juice is acidic


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).


What color does litmus paper turn lemon?

Litmus turns pink in acid solutions like citric acid...blue in basic solutions.


Litmus paper in orange juice?

Blue litmus paper would turn red in orange juice.


Does apple juice change the color of blue litmus paper?

Apple juice is a type of citric acid so it would turn blue litmus paper redish.