Acids And Alkali Revision Flashcards
What would corrosive do to you?
Attacks and destroys living tissue including eyes and skin
What would irritant do to you?
It can make you ill if swallowed, breathed in to absorbed through the skin
Colour of litmus
Hydrochloric acid
Pink
Colour of Litmus
Sodium hydroxide
Blue
Colour of Litmus
Citric acid
Pink
Colour of Litmus
Potassium hydroxide
Blue
Colour of Litmus
Phosphoric acid
Pink
Colour of Litmus
in water
Stays the colour it started ( so red stays red and blue stays blue)
pH of Boric acid
Weak acid pH5
pH of sodium hydroxide
Strong alkali pH14
pH of sodium bicarbonate
Weak alkali pH 9
pH of distilled water
Neutral pH7
What is the pH range for acid?
PH less than 7
The smaller the number the more acidic
PH range for alkali
Over pH7
The higher the number the stronger the alkali
What is the pH of a neutral solution
Exactly pH 7
True or false
pH 7 means neutral
True