INT Task 3
INT Task 3
In this paper I will be addressing how to tell an acid from a base using a simple experiment that can be done in the household. Telling an acid from a base is very important in the world from people that may have a pool in their backyard to those who are chemists and need that information to balance chemical equations. With simple experiments, one can tell if the solution they have is a base or an acid.
The testable question in this paper will be “can simple tests show that a liquefied solution is an acid or a base?” I will be arguing that it is possible to show a solution is either an acid or a base with an experiment I conducted in my home kitchen.
My first literature review will come from a blog titled, “How Can You Tell If Something Is An Acid Or A Base?” The article explains how water’s elements form it and also how pH in acids and bases abide by certain laws and situations. Acids and bases are normally found in a liquefied state forming molecules that would dissolve in water to let out ions.
Acids normally are spoken of as giving a hydrogen ion to a solution while bases take one away. Every solution is generally either acidic or basic. Even tap water can be either slightly acidic or basic due to the natural elements like calcium or magnesium that are often naturally found in it (How Can You Tell If Something Is An Acid Or A Base, 2007).
The pH scale is a method of telling how acidic or basic solutions are in reference to something neutral like water. The range for the scale is 0-14. If something has a pH value of 0, it is extremely acidic, while the opposite is if something is a 14 it is extremely basic. Pure water has a pH of 7 and is very neutral. Either extreme can be harmful to humans.
The indicator is typically a chemical that changes color if it comes in contact with an acid or a base (How Can You Tell If Something Is An Acid Or A Base, 2007). One way of making this happen is to add an acid or a base to something like red cabbage
In this paper I will be addressing how to tell an acid from a base using a simple experiment that can be done in the household. Telling an acid from a base is very important in the world from people that may have a pool in their backyard to those who are chemists and need that information to balance chemical equations. With simple experiments, one can tell if the solution they have is a base or an acid.
The testable question in this paper will be “can simple tests show that a liquefied solution is an acid or a base?” I will be arguing that it is possible to show a solution is either an acid or a base with an experiment I conducted in my home kitchen.
My first literature review will come from a blog titled, “How Can You Tell If Something Is An Acid Or A Base?” The article explains how water’s elements form it and also how pH in acids and bases abide by certain laws and situations. Acids and bases are normally found in a liquefied state forming molecules that would dissolve in water to let out ions.
Acids normally are spoken of as giving a hydrogen ion to a solution while bases take one away. Every solution is generally either acidic or basic. Even tap water can be either slightly acidic or basic due to the natural elements like calcium or magnesium that are often naturally found in it (How Can You Tell If Something Is An Acid Or A Base, 2007).
The pH scale is a method of telling how acidic or basic solutions are in reference to something neutral like water. The range for the scale is 0-14. If something has a pH value of 0, it is extremely acidic, while the opposite is if something is a 14 it is extremely basic. Pure water has a pH of 7 and is very neutral. Either extreme can be harmful to humans.
The indicator is typically a chemical that changes color if it comes in contact with an acid or a base (How Can You Tell If Something Is An Acid Or A Base, 2007). One way of making this happen is to add an acid or a base to something like red cabbage