Acids
What is an Acid?
a liquid with a pH less than 7
What is a base?
a liquid with a pH higher than 7
What does pH stand for?
Power of Hydrogen
True or False?
Do acids change litmus paper to blue?
False
True or False
Do bases change litmus paper blue?
True
What is 7 on the pH scale?
Neutral
What taste does acids typically have?
It has a sour taste
What taste do bases typically have?
A bitter taste
Where are the more acidic substances on a pH scale?
Farther to the left
What will an acid start with?
H
What is a common base?
Al(OH)3
pH is the measure of the amount of _____ ion
H30+
What are the three types of acids?
Binary acids
Oxyacid acids
Carboxylic acids
true or false
are bases able to conduct electricity
true
Who created pH?
Soren Sorensen