litmus in English

noun
1
a dye obtained from certain lichens that is red under acid conditions and blue under alkaline conditions.
In the presence of a basic solution, litmus will lose hydronium ions and turn blue.

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1. I'm Litmus.

2. Your records a litmus test of your seriousness a trader.

3. Her litmus test for good breeding is whether you split infinitives.

4. Neutral or slightly alkaline to litmus paper (5 % solution)

5. A sence of control is the litmus test for success.

6. Success and fame are often the litmus test of one's character.

7. If this were a litmus test, the majority of CEOs would fail.

8. The solution must be alkaline to litmus paper; otherwise add some magnesium oxide

9. The attitude to protection is a litmus test of economic philosophy.

10. The solution must be alkaline to litmus paper; otherwise add some magnesium oxide (3.2).

11. Here's the litmus test: Sex. We do it regularly, unpaid, and we love it.

12. Acidity of a 5 % solution: neutral or slightly alkaline to litmus paper

13. Your records are a litmus test of your seriousness as a trader.

14. It has not passed the litmus test of satisfying all of three questions

15. Financial crisis, the U.S. dollar as the world currency status to a litmus test.

16. Personal loyalty seems to be the litmus test for the mayor's new appointees.

17. The solution should be alkaline to litmus paper otherwise add some magnesium oxide (3.2).

18. Here's the litmus test you can use in order to determine if you are one.

19. In general, the litmus test for separating honesty from corruption in official circles is money.

20. Litmus paper, another natural pH indicator, also turns red in acids and blue in bases.

21. 2 Litmus paper can be used as an indicator of the presence of acid in a solution.

22. A common example of this is the ability of Acids to change litmus paper from blue to red.

23. The ability of refugees and displaced persons to return is the litmus test of the Dayton Accords.

24. Acids turn blue litmus paper red, have a sour taste, and have a pH of less than 7.

25. All Alkalis will make litmus paper turn from red to blue and universal indicator will turn blue or purple.

26. 3PCS PH Test Strips 3.8-5.4, Quick and Accurate Result Litmus Test Paper for Amniotic Fluid, Saliva and Urine Acid-Base

27. The greater propensity to impose an ideological litmus test on nominees by Democrats results in more Borkings and narrower margins for confirmation for Republican nominees (the …

28. What does Acidic mean? (chemistry) Having a pH less than 7, or being sour, or having the strength to neutralize alkalis, or turning a litmus pa

29. Acidic (comparative more Acidic, superlative most Acidic) ( chemistry ) Having a pH less than 7, or being sour , or having the strength to neutralize alkalis , or turning a litmus paper red

30. This «RiskRank» metric is a general litmus test for the quality of the «Bitstone Limited» HYIP took in its entirety, defined by many specifications

31. Alkalies are strong bases that turn litmus paper from red to blue; they react with acids to yield neutral salts; and they are caustic and in concentrated form are corrosive to organic

32. Noun Alkalis A compound with particular chemical properties including turning litmus blue and neutralizing or effervescing with acids; typically, a caustic or corrosive substance of this kind such as lime or soda

33. Acid, any substance that in water solution tastes sour, changes the colour of certain indicators (e.g., reddens blue litmus paper), reacts with some metals (e.g., iron) to liberate hydrogen, reacts with bases to form salts, and promotes certain chemical reactions (Acid catalysis).

34. Base, in chemistry, any substance that in water solution is slippery to the touch, tastes bitter, changes the color of indicators (e.g., turns red litmus paper blue), reacts with acids to form salts, and promotes certain chemical reactions (Base catalysis).

35. As adjectives the difference between acidic and Caustic is that acidic is (chemistry) having a ph less than 7, or being sour, or having the strength to neutralize alkalis, or turning a litmus paper red while Caustic is capable of burning, corroding or destroying organic tissue

36. The Veterans of Foreign Wars organized an Americanization committee that promoted the song as a litmus test of loyalty.: Americanization did take place in the period directly after the World War II, when American society became a controversial model for Europeans.: Critique of the process of Americanization was also a central issue in the arts.: The story of his Americanization becomes, in

37. Acid definition is - a sour substance; specifically : any of various typically water-soluble and sour compounds that in solution are capable of reacting with a base to form a salt, redden litmus, and have a pH less than 7, that are hydrogen-containing molecules or ions able to give up a proton to a base, or that are substances able to accept an unshared pair of electrons from a base.