litmus paper in English

noun
1
paper stained with litmus, used to indicate the acidity or alkalinity of a substance. Blue litmus paper turns red under acid conditions, and red litmus paper turns blue under alkaline conditions.
‘The litmus paper is still the litmus paper ,’ he enunciated in the formal manner of the lecturer.

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. 2 Litmus paper can be used as an indicator of the presence of acid in a solution.

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

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

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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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).

14. 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).

15. 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