Example sentence - I knew the wasp sting would be painful.
Do not let a wasp sting you; it will hurt.
For an acid, the solution remains colourless or unchanged. For an alkali, it would turn fuschia.
Neutrilisation is when you mix an acid and an alkali together. this, on a universal indicator, is 7 or green.
yes it is. however it is also a alkali.
acid
A wasp sting is a base because it is alkali.
A wasp sting contains formic acid, making it acidic in nature.
It is an alkali
the wasp sting is full of venom which is alkaline
The wasp sting venom is alkaline, and so can be treated with a mild acid like vinegar to reduce the pain. By contrast the bee sting is acidic. An easy way to remember is that the word 'bee' has fewer letters than wasp, and the word 'acid' has fewer letters than alkali.
Wasp venom has a pH of 6.8 to 6.9, so is pretty well neutral.
A wasp sting is not acidic but a bee sting is. A wasp sting is actually pH 10 alkali so if you had a wasp sting and put some fizzy drink on it, it SHOULD help because fizzy drinks are pH 4 and it should balance it out.
It neutralizes because an acid is added to the sting which is in a liquid form this sting is also an alkali this means that when you put a bit of acid in it makes it turn green which on the PH scale means that is is a neutral thing!
acid
Wasp stings are acidic in nature. The venom injected by wasps is mostly alkaline in pH, which can cause pain, redness, and swelling at the sting site.
Alkali