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to neutralise a bee sting you use alkaline substances; such as toothpaste, indigestion tablets(that can dissolve) washing up powder and washing up liquid
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Bicarbonate of soda has a pH about 9 why is this good thing to treat a bee sting with?
The soda which is alkaline neutralizes the bee sting which is acidic. For wasp stings use vinegar. Vinegar is acidic and neutralizes the alkaline wasp sting.
Why it is not good to use sodium hydroxide to neutralise the acid in a bee sting?
Maybe it is, or maybe it isn't. It depends on a lot, such as the age of the Alkaline, or your blood type, or how your skin reacts to Acids and Alkalies. It also depends on the acid your NAOH (Sodium Hydroxide), is neutralizing with, in this case, a bee sting, HCO2H, (Methanoic acid, or Formic acid). The Bee`s acid has a pH(acidity) of 2.3. The Sodium Hydroxide has a pH(Alkalinity) of 14. Therefore the Sodium Hydroxide is stronger than the Methonoic Acid, and may result not only neutralizing an acid, but leaving behind severe burns and toxins in the skin.
What is the average pH of soil in England?
Average pH of soil is between pH 4.0 and 8.5.
How do you find out the pH of your soil?
You dampen the dirt and use some Ph paper to find out the ph.
What is the pH value of aluminium chloride?
depends on the molarity, but it is usually pH 5.5.
How do you cure of a pH bee sting?
You place an acid onto the wound to neutralise the alkaline bee sting.
Is a bee sting acidic?
A bee sting is acidic. A wasp sting is commonly believed to be alkaline, but in fact its pH is 6.8 to 6.9 so it is almost neutral
What is the pH of a stinging nettle?
The PH of a nettle sting is about the same as a bee sting both are acidic so a nettle sting should have a PH of 5 or 5.5
On a scientific pH scale were would a bee sting be?
Bee venom is slightly acidic, with a pH value between 5.5 and 4.5.
What pH substance that can be used to neutralize a bee's sting?
Baking soafa
What pH will neutralise a bee sting?
The pH scale of a bee sting is 3.5, so if you get stung by a bee, putting toothpaste on the bee sting should help because the bee sting is weak acid but toothpaste is week alkali so it should balance it out.
What will happen if you put vinegar on a bee sting?
The chemicals left by a bee sting and wasp sting are slightly different. The wasp sting has a base which is neutralized by the vinegar. Bee stings are acidic and are not neutralized by the vinegar.
Bicarbonate of soda has a pH about 9 why is this good thing to treat a bee sting with?
The soda which is alkaline neutralizes the bee sting which is acidic. For wasp stings use vinegar. Vinegar is acidic and neutralizes the alkaline wasp sting.
What colour on the pH scale would be a wasp or bee sting mixed with universal indicator?
blue
What to do if a bee stings you?
if it is a bee sting it is an acid sting so then put vinegar an alkilie will level out the ph [the level of intensity in acid s and alkilies] and if it is a wasp sting put lemon juice or some mild form of acid on it and it will level it out
What pH will neutralize a bee or wasp sting?
You can't neutralise bee venom. It's not the acid that is the problem, it's the protein peptides apamin, melittin and phospholipase that do the damage, and you can't neutralise those.
If you put vinegar on a bee sting would it raise the pH scale?
Adding vinegar to anything will only serve to lower the pH not raise it (acidic substances are of lower pH and alkaline substances have a higher pH).Bee stings are acidic and treatment of them requires the neutralisation of the venom by raising it to neutral.
