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A Blue litmus paper turns red in acid and stays blue in alkalin

A red litmus paper turns blue in alkaline and stays red in acid

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What colors do litmus paper and phenolpthalein turn in presence of an acid or of base?

Litmus paper: red color in acidic solutions and blue color in basic solutions.Phenolphthalein: no color in acidic solutions.


What color does litmus paper change if base or paper?

When litmus paper touches an acid, the paper changes to red. When it touches a base, the paper changes to blue. By comparing the color the litmus paper changed to by a chart, you could determine how strong or weak that acid or base is.


When do red and blue litmus paper tail to turn color?

Red litmus paper stays red in the presence of an acid and turns blue in the presence of a base. Blue litmus paper stays blue in the presence of a base and turns red in the presence of an acid.


What color does red litmus paper turn in Nitric Acid?

Nothing, red litmus paper changes in the presence of an acid not a base, blue litmus paper turns red with nitric acid


What color litmus paper measures acidity?

You use the blue litmus to to test an acid other wise no result of testing an acid


Why does not acids burn litmus paper?

Actually, some acids do burn litmus paper. Hydrochloric acid, for example, can burn paper, but the litmus on litmus paper shields the paper from the acid. Sulfuric acid, however, has dehydration properties, and would suck the water right out from the paper, charring it instantly.


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

Litmus Paper.


What color will blue litmus paper turn in presence of a strong acid?

from blue to red


What color would litmus paper turn into if apricot juice was droped on it?

Litmus paper would turn red if apricot juice, which is acidic, was dropped on it. This is because litmus paper turns red in the presence of an acid.


Why no change in red litmus when placed in hydrochloric acid?

It is because the red litmus paper only changes its color (from red to blue) when exposed to any basic substance. Hydrochloric acid is acidic, thus there is no change in the color of the red litmus paper, although the acid would change the color of the blue litmus paper (pH paper that tests for acidity; changes from blue to red in the presence of acid)


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 color does acid litmus paper?

Acid turns litmus paper red.