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Chemistry
Acids and Alkalis
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Contents
7E Acids and Alkalis
Neutralization
Summary activities
What are acids and alkalis?
Indicators and the pH scale
Hazard symbols
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What is an acid?
Acids are a group of chemicals. What do you know about acids? Are all acids dangerous?
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What is an acid?
everyday acids laboratory acids
Acids are a group of chemicals.
Can you think of other examples of acids?
Which of these items contains an acid?
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What is a weak acid?
Acids are found in household items such as food, drinkand beauty/skincare products.
It is safe to handle these acids and even taste them, if theyare for eating! These acids are known weak acids.
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What is a strong acid?
Some acids, like those found in the laboratory or a car battery, are very dangerous (too dangerous to taste or touch).
These acids are said to be corrosive as they can damage other materials by wearing them away! They are strong acids.
Why must strong acids always be handled very carefully?
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What is an alkali?
everyday alkalis laboratory alkalis
Alkalis are another group of chemicals, the opposite of acids.
Which of these items contains an alkali?
Can you think of other examples of alkalis?
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What is a weak alkali?
Alkalis are found in soaps and other materials used for cleaning.
It is safe to handle these alkalis, which can feel soapy.These alkalis are known as weak alkalis.
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What is a strong alkali?
Some alkalis, like those in the laboratory or in cleaning materials such as toilet cleaner, are too dangerous to touch.
These alkalis are said to be caustic because they can burn skin and damage other materials! They are strong alkalis.
Why must strong alkalis always be handled very carefully?
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Contents
7E Acids and Alkalis
Neutralization
Summary activities
What are acids and alkalis?
Indicators and the pH scale
Hazard symbols
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How can you tell which chemicals are safe and which are dangerous?
Special symbols are used on bottles and vehicles that contain dangerous chemicals.
What are hazard symbols?
corrosiveharmfulirritanttoxic
These hazard symbols show why the chemical is dangerous.
Why is it important that these symbols can be recognised by
i h
highly flammable
people from other countries?
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What do hazard symbols mean?
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7E Acids and Alkalis
Neutralization
Summary activities
What are acids and alkalis?
Indicators and the pH scale
Hazard symbols
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How can you test a liquid to find if it is an acid or an alkali?
An indicator is a special chemical that changes to a different colour in an acid or an alkali.
What is an indicator?
Litmus paper and litmus solution are examples of indicators.
Litmus is red in acid.
Litmus is blue in alkali.
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Litmus test experiment
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Litmus is used to show if a solution is acid or alkali.
Litmus does not show if the acid or alkali is weak or strong.
What is universal indicator?
Universal indicator has a range of colours that show how weak or strong the acid or alkali is.
stronger alkalistronger acid
What is the colour for a weak acid? What is the colour for a strong alkali?
weak alkali
weakacid
strongalkalineutral
strongacid
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The strength of an acid or alkali is measured by the pH scale.
What is the pH scale?
Each universal indicator colour is given a number called the pH value.
Universal indicator can tell you the pH of a solution.
What is the pH of a weak acid? What is the pH of strong alkali?
weak alkali
weakacid
strongalkali
strongacid
stronger alkalistronger acid
neutral
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What is the pH?
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Are these substances acidic or alkaline? Are they weak or strong?
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Substance pH Description of acid/alkali
soda water 6
car battery acid 1
soap 8
washing soda 10
stomach acid 2
oven cleaner 14
vinegar 4
very weak acid
very strong acid
very weak alkali
weak alkali
strong acid
very strong alkali
weak acid
alkaliacid
What type of substance?
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Contents
7E Acids and Alkalis
Neutralization
Summary activities
What are acids and alkalis?
Indicators and the pH scale
Hazard symbols
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Mixing an acid and an alkali
What happens when an acid and an alkali are mixed?
Mixing an acid and an alkali causes a chemical change.
This chemical change is called a chemical reaction.
How do you know this chemical reaction has taken place?
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What is neutralization?
The chemical reaction between an acid and an alkali is called neutralization.
What happens to the pH value of the reaction mixture during neutralization?
acid alkali a salt water
The pH value of the reaction mixture becomes closer to 7.
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What is neutralization?
The chemical reaction between an an acid and an alkali can be written as:
What are the two new substances produced by a neutralization reaction?
a saltacid alkali water
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Neutralization and indigestion
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Neutralizing stings
A bee sting is acidic.
A wasp sting is alkaline.
Why can bicarbonate of soda (pH 9) be used
to treat a bee sting?
Why can vinegar (pH 3) be used to treat
a wasp sting?
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Neutralizing soil
Soils in different places can be acidic, alkaline or neutral.
Many plants do not grow well in acidic soil.
Why do farmers test soil to check the pH?
Farmers often add an alkali to acidic soil to make their plants grow better.
How does the alkali help to treat the acidic soil?
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Neutralizing acid rain
Gases emitted by cars, power stations and factories mix with rainwater in the atmosphere.
This rainwater has a pH <5.5.
Why is it called acid rain?
Acid rain can have a harmful effect on the environment killing trees, polluting lakes and damaging buildings.
How can the effects of acid rain be prevented?
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Contents
7E Acids and Alkalis
Neutralization
Summary activities
What are acids and alkalis?
Indicators and the pH scale
Hazard symbols
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Glossary
acid – A chemical that has a pH less than 7.
alkali – A chemical that has a pH greater than 7 and dissolves in water.
indicator – A special chemical that changes into different colours in acid and alkali solutions.
neutral – A chemical with a pH of 7 that is not an acid or an alkali.
neutralization – The chemical reaction between an acid and an alkali.
pH scale – The range of values that shows how strong or weak an acid or alkali is.
universal indicator – The indicator that shows the pH value of a chemical.
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Anagrams
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Weak acids, like lemon juice and vinegar, taste sour.
Strong acids are corrosive and can “eat away” at metal, stone and flesh!
Acids turns blue litmus paper red.
Acids have a pH of less than 7.
Acids can be neutralized with alkalis.
Facts about acids
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Alkalis feel soapy and are used in household cleaning materials.
Strong alkalis are caustic.
Alkalis turn red litmus paper blue.
Alkalis have a pH of more than 7.
Alkalis can be neutralized with acids.
Facts about alkalis
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