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When red litmus is added to an alkali, its colour changes to blue.

This is because an alkali is a base and has the property of turning red litmus paper or

red litmus solution to blue.

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What happense to the litmus when toothpaste and an alkali is added?

When toothpaste and an alkali are added to litmus paper, the litmus paper will turn blue. Litmus paper turns blue in the presence of bases and alkaline substances due to a shift in the pH level towards the alkaline range.


What color does litmus paper change if added to alkali?

The first litmus papers were white. Now we got in red and blue. They are more reliable. In blue litmus, an alkali solution stays blue. If it turns red, that means you have an acidic solution.


What alkali will turn litmus paper into blue?

Every alkali solution above 7 pH at 298 K would turn red litmus into blue.


What turns red in the presence of acid and blue presence of alkali?

A red litmus paper turns blue in the presence of a base/alkali, while a blue litmus paper turns red in the presence of an acid.


What colour do you get if you mix litmus solution and alkali?

If you mix litmus solution with an alkali, the litmus solution will turn blue. Litmus is a pH indicator that turns red in acidic solutions and blue in alkaline solutions.


How does the color change when a strong acid is added an alkali to neutralise?

The color does not change unless an indicator such as litmus or phenolphthalein is being used. If litmus the color change is blue to red If phenolphthalein the change is red to colorless


What turns red in the presence of acid blue the presence of alkali?

Litmus Paper.


What color would the litmus paper turn if it was blue?

Blue litmus paper turns red in acid red litmus paper turns blue in alkali.


What turns red in the presence of acid ad blue in the presence of alkali?

You probably mean litmus paper. (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litmus.)


How can you test for an acid and an alkali?

You would have to look at the nurk of the base and the whapple of the acid and i it is an xx and yy it would distinguish because then it dismanages it but otherwise if it is xy yx then it physicaly can't distinguish experimentally without tasting it.


The colors of litmus in acid and alkali's are?

Litmus paper turns red in acidic solutions and blue in alkaline solutions.


Which colour does a strong alkali turn litmus paper?

ph 8- p14 is a alkali. blue for weak alkali (ph 8) purple for strong alkali (ph14)