hello! this is what we have learnt many things for science. acids are one of them. lai, let me tell you more about them ^^
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these are labels that you usually see in science laboratories ;
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acids ; properties
> tastes sour example. lemon and lime. > turns blue litmus paper red > reacts with some metals & give off hydrogen. > when dilute sulfuric or hydrochloric acid is added to a test tube containing pieces of magnesium, a lot of bubbles are given off. this is called effervescene (bubbles). the bubbles produced contain hydrogen gas. we can also test it by using a burning splint. if it is inserted into the gas, the splint extinguishes with a ‘pop’ sound.
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Hydrochloric Acid : remove rust on iron & steel
Sulfuric Acid : used in car batteries
Nitric Acid : manufacture fertilisers
####################################################### done by : [collaboration of information by] qihui & julia :D edited by : syak :D
P.S. information about alkalines are in the next post. click it! :D