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Standard X
Chemistry
Effect on Indicators by Acids and Bases
Why pure acet...
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Why pure acetic acid does not turn blue litmus to red?
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Solution
Pure Acetic acid is very weak acid. It does not dissociate completely. Thus, it doesn't have enough
[
H
+
]
concentration, so it can't turn blue litmus red.
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Dry hydrogen chloride gas does not turn blue litmus to red whereas hydrochloric acid does. Why?
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What do we observe on pouring acetic acid on red blue litmus papers ?
(a) Red litmus remains red and blue litmus turns red.
(b) Red litmus turns blue and blue litmus remains blue.
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