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Chemistry: Acids and Alkalis
Chemistry: Acids and Alkalis
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What is an acid?
Acids are a group of chemicals.
What do you know about acids? Are all acids dangerous?
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What is an acid?
Acids are a group of chemicals.
Which of these items contains an acid?
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What is a weak acid?
Acids are found in household items such as food, drink
and beauty/skincare products.
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What is a strong acid?
Some acids, like those found in the laboratory or a car
battery, are very dangerous (too dangerous to taste or touch).
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What is an alkali?
Alkalis are another group of chemicals, the opposite of acids.
Which of these items contains an alkali?
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What is a weak alkali?
Alkalis are found in soaps and other materials used for
cleaning.
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What is a strong alkali?
Some alkalis, like those in the laboratory or in cleaning
materials such as toilet cleaner, are too dangerous to touch.
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What are hazard symbols?
How can you tell which chemicals are safe and which are
dangerous?
Special symbols are used on bottles and vehicles that
contain dangerous chemicals.
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What is an indicator?
How can you test a liquid to find if it is an acid or an alkali?
An indicator is a special chemical that changes
to a different colour in an acid or an alkali.
Litmus is Litmus is
red in acid. blue in alkali.
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Litmus test experiment
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What is universal indicator?
Litmus is used to show if a solution is acid or alkali.
Litmus does not show if the acid or alkali is weak or strong.
Universal indicator has a range of colours that show how
weak or strong the acid or alkali is.
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strong weak weak strong
acid acid neutral alkali alkali
What is the pH of a weak acid?
What is the pH of strong alkali?
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What is the pH?
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What type of substance?
Are these substances acidic or alkaline?
Are they weak or strong?
Substance pH Description of acid/alkali
soda water 6 very weak acid
car battery acid 1 very strong acid
soap 8 very weak alkali
washing soda 10 weak alkali
stomach acid 2 strong acid
oven cleaner 14 very strong alkali
vinegar 4 weak acid
acid 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 alkali
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Mixing an acid and an alkali
What happens when an acid and an alkali are mixed?
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Mixing an acid and an alkali causes a chemical change.
This chemical change is called a chemical reaction.
How do you know this chemical reaction has taken place?
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What is neutralization?
The chemical reaction between an acid and an alkali
is called neutralization.
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What is neutralization?
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Neutralization and indigestion
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Neutralizing stings
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Neutralizing soil
Soils in different places can
be acidic, alkaline or neutral.
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Neutralizing acid rain
Gases emitted by cars, power
stations and factories mix with
rainwater in the atmosphere.
This rainwater has a pH <5.5.
Why is it called acid rain?
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Glossary
acid – A chemical that has a pH less than 7.
alkali – A chemical that has a pH greater than 7 and
dissolves in water.
indicator – A special chemical that changes into different
colours in acid and alkali solutions.
neutral – A chemical with a pH of 7 that is not an acid or
an alkali.
neutralization – The chemical reaction between an acid
and an alkali.
pH scale – The range of values that shows how strong or
weak an acid or alkali is.
universal indicator – The indicator that shows the pH
value of a chemical.
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Facts about acids
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Facts about alkalis
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