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Acid Base and Salts
Acid Base and Salts
ACIDS
Acids are sour in taste, corrosive in nature, good conductor of
electricity and change blue litmus to red. Examples
BASES
Bases are bitter in taste ,good conductor of electricity and
change red litmus to blue. Examples
SALTS
Salts are formed by the reaction of acids and bases ,consisting
of two parts, cation (positive ion) and anion (negative ion).
They are mostly solids, Salt solution can conduct electricity,
and they have high melting and boiling points. . Examples
TESTS TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN ACIDS AND BASE
An indicator is a substance which shows different colours (odour) in acidic or basic medium.
METHYL ORANGE
(ORANGE)
PHENOLPHTHALE
IN (COLOURLESS)
TESTS TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN ACIDS AND BASE
NATURAL COLOUR IN ACIDIC COLOUR IN BASIC
INDICATORS SOLUTION SOLUTION
LITMUS (PURPLE
COLOURED)
TURMERIC (YELLOW
ORANGE)
RED CABBAGE (RED)
ONION
CLOVE OIL
VANILLA ESSENCE
GENERAL CHARACTERISTIC PROPERTIES OF ACIDS
Acids are sour in taste and change blue litmus to red. Eg- citric acid and
hydrochloric acid etc.
REACTION
The metal in the above reactions displaces hydrogen from the acids to form
the hydrogen gas. The metal combine with the remaining part of the acid to
forms a compound called salt such as ZnCl2 , Zn SO4
However , such reactions are not possible with all metals and all metals
do not react with the same acid with the same vigor.
Experiment to illustrate the reaction of acids with active metals
1. Set the Apparatus as shown in the figure.
2. Take about 5 ml of dilute sulphuric acid in a test tube
add a few pieces of Zinc granules to it.
3. A brisk reaction takes place at the surface of zinc
granules.
4. Pass the gas is evolved through the soap solution.
5. The soap Bubbles filled with the gas rise up.
REACTION
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REACTION
Metallic oxides reacts with acids to form salts and water like
neutralization reaction of acid with base, metallic oxides are
said to be basic oxides.
Experiment to illustrate the reaction of acids with metallic oxide
Representation of H+ ions
These H+ ions do not exist as such in the solutions. They
combine with water molecules and exist as hydronium ions.
Alkali
Alkali are the bases that dissolve in water. They are soapy in
touch, bitter and corrosive.
REACTION
In general this reaction can be represented as
For example
Further , in the solution , just as hydrogen ions are
represented as H+(aq) ions hydroxide ions are
represented by OH-(aq).
Effect of Dilution on H+ ion Concentration of an acid or OH-(aq)
ion Concentration of a Base
Mixing of an acid/base with water is called dilution. The
process of dissolving an acid /base in water is a highly
exothermic reaction.
Reaction
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Reaction
During electrolysis chlorine is collected at the anode and
hydrogen is collected at the cathode. Sodium hydroxide is
also formed near the cathode .
All the products of this reaction are useful and collected separately. This
method is also called chloro -alkali process because the products of
electrolysis are chlorine and sodium hydroxide chloro for chlorine and
Alkali for sodium hydroxide.
Bleaching powder (calcium oxychloride, )
Bleaching powder is produced by the action of Chlorine gas on
dry slaked lime Ca(OH)2 the following reaction takes place.
Reaction
USES
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Baking soda
Use
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Now put 2-3 drops of water on the white crystals, they again
turn it blue.
On moistening with water, it again changes into crystalline
copper sulphate and hence the colour again becomes blue.
Reaction
PLASTER OF PARIS (CaSO4.1/2H2O)
It is prepared from gypsum which is calcium sulphate
dehydrate. Gypsum is heated a klin to a temperature of
hundred degrees Celsius at this temperature it loses three
fourth of its water of crystallization forming plaster of
Paris.
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