All About That Base
Bases, like soap, feel this way to the touch.
What is slippery?
It makes sense that acids taste this way, considering lemon juice is a citric acid.
What is sour?
What are lichens?
This scientist discovered that acids and bases are electrolytes.
Who is Michael Farraday?
Distilled water
What is 7?
If you were to taste a base, it would trigger this taste receptor in your mouth.
What is bitter?
Acids dissolve these elements found on the left side of the periodic table.
What are metals?
Sorensen was able to create a pH scale by using a set of these dyes that change color as pH changes.
What are indicators?
This Spanish alchemist was the first one to use litmus paper to test for acids and bases.
Who is Arnaldus de Villa Nova?
Battery Acid
What is 0?
Bases react with metals to form these insoluble solids that emerge from liquid solutions.
What are precipitates?
This other name for stomach acid has a chemical formula of HCl.
What is HCl or hydrochloric acid?
This indicator turns pink when the pH is greater than 9.
What is phenolphthalein?
in 1934, this scientist became the inventor of the first successful pH meter.
Who is Arnold Beckman?
Milk
What is 6?
Having a pH of 14 makes sodium hydroxide, commonly known as this substance used in making soaps, one of the strongest bases.
What is lye?
Vinegar is the common name for this type of acid.
What is acetic acid?
A pH meter works by measuring this in a water solution.
What is electrical resistance?
This Danish chemist introduced the pH scale.
Who is Soren Peter Lauritz Sorensen?
Bleach
What is 13?
in 1884, Svante Arrhenius showed that bases produce these ions in water.
What are hydroxide ions?
Acids produce these ions in water.
What are hydrogen ions ?
This indicator is blue when the pH is neutral, but turns yellow in an acid.
What is bromothymol blue?
This Iranian alchemist who lived circa 721-815 AD discovered HCl and aqua regia.
Who is Abu Musa Jabir ibn Hayyan?
Soda
What is 3?