You are provided with four test tubes containing sugar solution, baking soda solution, tamarind solution, salt solution. Write down an activity to find the nature (acidic/basic/neutral) of each solution.
On heating the powder, it will char if it is a sugar. Alternatively, the powder may be dissolved in water and checked for its conduction of electricity. If it conducts,...
(a) Milk is made slightly alkaline so that it may not get sour easily, due to the formation of lactic acid in it.
(b) The alkaline milk takes a longer time to set...
(a)
Solution
Blue Litmus Paper
Red Litmus Paper
Sodium Metal
Ethanol
No change
No change
Hydrogen gas
Ethanoic acid
Turns red
No change
Hydrogen gas
Soap
No change
Turns blue
Hydrogen gas
(b) Hard water contains calcium ions or magnesium ions or both. These ions on reacting with...
(i)
SOLUTION
BLUE LITMUS PAPER
RED LITMUS PAPER
SODIUM METAL
Ethanol
No change
No change
Hydrogen gas
Ethanoic acid
Turns red
No change
Hydrogen gas
Soap
No change
Turns blue
Hydrogen gas
(ii) Hard water contains calcium ions or magnesium ions or both. These ions on reacting...