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Describe the color of litmus paper when the solution is acidic?
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Blue litmus paper turns red under acidic conditions and red litmus paper turns blue under basic (i.e. alkaline) conditions with the color change occurring over the pH range 4.5-8.3 at 25 °C. Neutral litmus paper is purple in color.
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When a strip of litmus paper is dipped into an acidic solution the paper turns into what color?
The litmus paper will turn red.
What color does a strip of litmus paper dipped in acidic solution turn?
Litmus paper is blue when dipped in an alkaline solution, and red when placed in an acidic solution. The colors begin to merge when you test pH neutral liquids.
In a basic solution what color does litmus paper turn?
Litmus paper turns blue in basic solution.
What color does blue litmus turn when dipped in an alkaline solution?
The solution is alkaline, because litmus paper remains blue in alkaline solutions and turns red in acidic solutions.
What color does a strip of litmus paper turn when it is dipped into an acidic solution?
Red, it turns blue in base.
When a strip of litmus paper is dipped into an acidic solution the paper turns into what color?
The litmus paper will turn red.
What is an acidic solution will turn blue litmus paper to what color?
Red color in acidic solutions and blue color in basic solutions.
What color does a strip of litmus paper dipped in acidic solution turn?
Litmus paper is blue when dipped in an alkaline solution, and red when placed in an acidic solution. The colors begin to merge when you test pH neutral liquids.
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).
How pH paper distinguishes acid and bases?
pH paper changes color after being exposed to an acidic or a basic solution (depending on the paper). For instance, blue litmus paper will turn red after being exposed to an acidic solution, while red litmus paper will turn blue after being exposed to a basic solution. The addition of an acidic or basic solution to litmus paper causes a chemical reaction which changes the light absorbing properties of litmus, thus altering its color.
If a solution is basic- what color will red litmus paper turn?
Red color in acidic solutions and blue color in basic solutions.
In a basic solution what color does litmus paper turn?
Litmus paper turns blue in basic solution.
What color does blue litmus turn when dipped in an alkaline solution?
The solution is alkaline, because litmus paper remains blue in alkaline solutions and turns red in acidic solutions.
What determines whether a soulition is acidic or base?
just put a drop of solution on blue litmus paper. if litmus turn in to red color then solution is acid otherwise it is base .
What do you use litmus paper for?
to tell if a solution is acidic or basic (paper changes color when exposed to solutions)
What color does a strip of litmus paper turn when it is dipped into an acidic solution?
Red, it turns blue in base.
If you put litmus paper in orange juice what color would it turn?
Red, showing that the solution is acidic.
