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Q: Indicator that turns red in acid and blue in alkali?
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What turns universal indicator blue?

A base turns the universal indicator blue or u can say a alkali substance.


What would be the reaction of a litmus paper to an acid?

It turns red, alkali will turn it blue. A better alternative would be the univerasal indicator which also shows how strong/weak the acid/alkali is


What effect does and alkali have on an universal indicator?

It turns the universal indicator purple or blue.


What are two examples of natural indicator of acid and bases?

Red litmus paper and blue litmus paper. Blue litmus paper turns red in the presence of an acid and red litmus paper turns blue in the presence of an alkali.


Turns blue litmus paper to red?

Bases turn red litmus paper blue. Alkali (ammonia) Alkaline


Why is the solution of universal indicator green?

It means that the substance tested is neutral.


What is the colour of litmus paper?

Red/blue red turns to blue to detect alkali blue turns to red to detect acid


How are indicators used to detect acids and alkalis?

Indicators (for example LITMUS PAPER) can detect whether a certain liquid is an acid or an alkali. Litmus Paper turns red when dipped in an acid, blue in an alkali Universal Indicators have show how strong or weak and acid or alkali is.


The color of methylorange indicator in a neutral solution?

an universal indicator paper tells you how acid or how alkali it is acid - red alkali - blue neutral - green


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

Litmus paper.


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

It is Litmus Paper.


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

Litmus Paper.