Acids+and+Bases+in+Solution

=Acids & Bases in Solution!!!= =Acids are compounds whose characteristic properties include kinds of reactions they undergo. It is a substance that tastes sour, reacts with metalsand carbonates, and turns blue litmus paper red. They can be hydrolic acids, nitric acids, sulferic acid, carbonated acid, and acetic acid. Acids will eat away metals by forming bubbles for specific metals (corrosive).= =Basis-are described as opposite of acids.Bases is a substance that tastes bitter, feels slippery, and turns red litmus paper blue. Common bases include sodium hydoxide, calcium hydroxide, and ammonia. Bases are another group of coumpounds that can be identified by their common properties.=

An acid is any substance that in a solution with water it will produce one or more hydrogen ions and a negative ion. A product of this type of reaction can be a hydrogen gas. You can tell if its a hydrogen gas by reacting it with blue litmus paper which will turn it red. [|"Acids can occur in solid liquid, or gaseous form depending on its tempature."] [|Acids increase the concentration of hydrolium ion in water.]. Bases are made of positive ions with hydroxide ions oppisite of acids. Some bases don't contain hydrolic ions such as the gas ammonia. You can tell if this is a bases by reacting it with red litmus paper turning it blue. They have a bitter taste and slippery feel. [|Bases reduce the concentration of hydronium ion in water.]

Acids and bases react wit eac other in a reaction called neutralization. In a neutralization reaction, the hydrogen ion from an acid and the hydroxide ion from a base react to form a molecule: H+ + OH-+= H2O
 * Neutralization**

Strong and Weak Acids and Bases one the most important characteristics of acids and bases is their strenght. The strenght of an acid or base can be eiter strong or weak.The terms strong and weak describe the ability of acid and base solutions to conduct electricity.If the acid or base conducts electricity strongly, it is a strong acid or base. If the acid or base conducts electricity weakly, it is a weak acid or base. The strenght of an acid or base depends on the number of hydrogen ions or ydroxide ions produced in water solution.



Acids and bases are examples of corrosive poisons which react locally on tissue cells. Chemicals that are very basic or very acidic are reactive. These chemicals can cause severe burns. Automobile battery acid is an acidic chemical that is reactive. Automobile batteries contain a stronger form of some of the same acid that is in acid rain. Household drain cleaners often contain lye, a very alkaline chemical that is reactive. Acids and bases are capable of causing severe "burns" similar to burns produced by heat. These materials act by first dehydrating cellular structures. Then proteins structures are destroyed by the action of acid or base which catalyzes the splitting of peptide bonds. Smaller and smaller fragments result, leading to the ultimate disintegration of the tissue.
 * Health Effects of Acids and Bases:**

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When you have an ionic compound and mix it with water; the water will split into two different ions. One of them will be acids the other as known, bases. You can check which is which by if the ions is OH- than the solution is bases. For acids it will show up as H+.

__**Works Cited & Resources**__

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Stetson, Mary. //Chemical Interactions//. 1st. 1st. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson, 1966. 98-105.