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Science(Acids and bases)
Question | Answer |
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Give 2 examples of everyday acids | Lemon juice(citric acid) and Rain water(carbonic acid) |
Give two examples of everyday bases | Bleach(calcium carbonate(CaCO3) and Indigestiosn tablets(Limewater (Ca(OH)2)) |
What is an indicator? | Substances which change colour depending on whether they are in an acidic or basic substance |
What colour does litmus paper turn when in a base? | Blue |
What is the pH scale? | It indicates the acidity or basicitiy of a solution, it runs from 0 to 14 |
Red on the pH scale is... | Highly acidic |
Yellow on the pH scale is... | Nuetral |
Purple on the pH scale is... | Highly alkaline |
An acid and a base --> | Salt and water |
An acid and a carbonate --> | salt and water and carbon dioxide |
What is a titration? | Titrations allow you to find out exactly how much an acid is needed to neutralise a base |
Hyrdocloric acid + sodium hydroxide ---> | Sodium chloride and water |
HCl + NaOH ---> | NaCl = H2O |
Zinc = hydrocloric acid ---> | Zinc chloride + hyrdogen |
Zn + 2HCl ---> | ZnCl2 + H2 |