Acids, Bases, and Neutrals

Acids

• pH lower than 7
• Sour taste
• Conducts electricity
• React with bases to neutralize its properties.
• Acids create hydrogen ions when dissolved in water
• Acids are proton donors

Bases

• pH higher than 7
• Bitter taste
• Conducts electricity
• Reacts with acids to neutralize its properties.
• Bases separate into hydroxide ions when dissolved in water
• Bases are proton acceptors

Neutral

• Has a pH equal to 7.
• Does not have all of the properties of Acids and Bases.
• A neutral has an equal amount of hydrogen and hydroxide ions.

Base, Acid, or Neutral?

• Get litmus paper, red or blue
• Add a drop of solution to paper.
• If it turns red it's an acid (Red litmus paper will stay the same)
• If it turns blue it's a base (Blue litmus paper will stay the same)
• If it doesn't stays the same on both red and blue litmus paper it's neutral

pH scale

• Acids have a smaller number on the pH scale
• Bases have a higher number on the pH scale
• Neutral have an exact pH of 7
• Hydroxide ions make the pH go up
• Hydronium ions make the pH go down.