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Acids And Bases: Common Household Products Lab

Acids & Bases: Common Household Products

Purpose: Learn about indicators. Learn how to use litmus paper and pH

paper test strips. Learn to match colors of pH paper to the color chart

provided and identify the pH of each substance. Compare pH range with acid

and base.

Safety

Safety glasses should be worn at all times.

Never taste chemicals – even if you know their identity

Ammonia liquid and vapor are extremely irritating, especially to eyes.

Wash your hands immediately if you come in contact with any of the

chemicals.

Materials & Equipment

Hydrion pH paper

HCl

Baking Soda

Red litmus paper

Lemon juice

Soft Drink

Blue litmus paper

Ammonia

Detergent

Stir sticks

Vinegar

Bleach

Procedures

1. Rotate through the lab stations in any order as long as you do all of

them.

2. At each station you will find a beaker of a liquid and a stir stick. One

station is distilled water, the other stations have a solution made from

diluting one of the products listed above with distilled water.

3. Each station should have one tube of blue litmus paper, one tube of

Cut the paper

red litmus paper, and one tube of Hydrion pH paper.

in half please!

4. Touch the stick to the red litmus, blue litmus, and pH paper strips.

Record the color in the first 3 columns of the data table. In the 5

column identify the substance as and acid, base or neutral. In the last

column match the color of the pH paper to the chart on the tube and

record that number in the data table. Distilled water has been done as

an example.

5. Clean up the station before moving on.

Acids And Bases: Common Household Products Lab