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Why would you want to know if a substance is an acid or a base?
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acids and bases have different effects on different chemicals and substances
Acid will readily give up their Hydrogen (H+) ions
Bases readily give up their Hydroxide (OH-) ions
Acid and bases can neutralize each other making them both more neutral rather acidic or basic
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How can you test a substance to see if it is an acid or a base through pH meter?
I don't know, ask someone else
Substance that emulsifies fats and oils is it an acid or a base?
bile emulsifies fats
How do you test a substance to know if it is a base?
Litmus paper is an easy and safe way to determine if a substance is a base. Alternatively, you could add an acid and see if it reacts. However, this has explosive potential, so I wouldn't really recommend it.
Is Pledge an acid or a base?
base as we all know
Is it necessary to know the exact concentration of oxalic acid to determine the concentration of the base?
yes, the oxalic acid would be the standard acid by which the base is titrated and the concentration determined. if the oxalic acid is 'around' 1M, that could mean anything
How can you test a substance to see if it is an acid or a base through pH meter?
I don't know, ask someone else
Substance that emulsifies fats and oils is it an acid or a base?
bile emulsifies fats
How do you test a substance to know if it is a base?
Litmus paper is an easy and safe way to determine if a substance is a base. Alternatively, you could add an acid and see if it reacts. However, this has explosive potential, so I wouldn't really recommend it.
How can you tell acid from the base?
The currently accepted theory is the Lewis acid-base theory A Lewis base is an electron donor and a Lewis acid is a electron acceptor. Whether a compound is acid or base may not be obvious at first and difficult to work out. There are rules for working this out but you probably dont have to know them Generally, all you would probably have to know is that an acid is a proton [H+] donor and a base is proton acceptor
What makes powerade acidic?
I would think it is an acid because i dont know what a base is.
Is Pledge an acid or a base?
base as we all know
Is it necessary to know the exact concentration of oxalic acid to determine the concentration of the base?
yes, the oxalic acid would be the standard acid by which the base is titrated and the concentration determined. if the oxalic acid is 'around' 1M, that could mean anything
Is Mentos an acid or base?
yes it is a base
Is Germ X an acid or a base?
You know it is a acid 99% it is and 1% water (acid)
Is limeade an acid or base?
acid, i only know this because we did it in school.
Substance that turns blue litmus pink?
well as we know if we want to test a substance to see if its a base then we use red litmus paper and for an acid we use blue litmus paper. So if we are using blue litmus paper that means we are obviously testing to see if we have an acid right? So if we see it turn pink then that means that are substance is an acid but it is not very strong and also has some of a base to it. If you want to see what i mean look up a PH scale. Hope this helped. :)
What is an acid pair know as?
Acid base pairs differing ONE proton (H+) are called conjugate acid-base pair.Examples:H3O+ and H2OH2O and OH-NH4+ and NH3HBr and Br-HNO2 and NO2-H2SO4 and HSO4-HSO4- and SO42-HOCl and OCl-(In order of 'acid and base' respectively)
