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Acid/Base
Acids and Bases
Question | Answer |
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Acid | A substance that tastes sour, reacts with metals and carbonates, and turns blue litmus red. |
Base | A substance that tastes bitter, feels slippery, and turns red litmus paper blue. |
Compound | A pure substance made of two or more elements chemically combined. |
Conductor | A material that conducts heat well; Also can be a material through which charges can easily flow. |
Corrosive | The way in which acids reacts with some metals so as to eat away the metal. |
Electrolyte | A liquid or paste that conducts electric current. |
Hydroxide Ion | A negatively charged ion made of oxygen and hydrogen. (OH-) |
Indicator | A compound that changes color in the presence of an acid or a base |
Ion | An atom or group of atoms that has become electrically charged. |
Litmus | Is an example of an indicator, which is a compound that changes color when in contact with an acid or a base. |
Neutralization | A reaction of an acid with a base, yielding a solution that is not as acidic or as basic as the starting solutions were. |
pH scale | A range of values used to express the concentration of hydrogen ions in a solution. |
Salt | An ionic compound made from the neutralization of an acid with a base. |