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Many household cleaning products and soaps are slippery. This is an indication that they are: a. acidic and would turn blue litmus paper red b....

The properties and characteristics of acids and bases are as follows:


Acids


  • Conduct electricity

  • Taste sour

  • React with and neutralize bases

  • React with active metals to produce hydrogen gas

  • pH is less than 7

Bases


  • Conduct electricity

  • Taste bitter

  • React with and neutralize acids

  • Feel slippery 

  • pH is greater than 7

Therefore, we would expect household cleaners and soaps to be bases.


Litmus Paper


Litmus is a colored organic dye. Litmus has a pH range of about 4.5 to 8.3. Litmus paper can be either blue or red.


  • When red litmus paper is placed in an acid, it will remain red.


  • When red litmus paper is placed in a base, it will turn blue.

  • When blue litmus paper is placed in an acid, it will turn red.

  • When blue litmus paper is placed in a base, it will remain blue.

Therefore, we would predict that cleaning products and soaps would turn red litmus paper blue.


The answer is b.

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