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Why are litmus papers used as Indicators for acids and bases

Hariharan , 8 Years ago
Grade 11
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Sridharan N

Last Activity: 8 Years ago

Litmus papers show appreciable colour changes in acids and basic mediums and with different pH. So they are used as indicators.

Ritika Das

Last Activity: 8 Years ago

Litmus is a water soluble mixture of different dyes extracted from lichens. It is absorbed onto a filter paper to produce one of the oldest forms of pH indiactor, used to test materials for acidity/basicity.

Amarjit

Last Activity: 7 Years ago

Because it gives characteristic colur in basic and acidic medium.In basic medium it turns bluish and in acidic medium it turns red.

Priyansh

Last Activity: 7 Years ago

it is extracted from lichens nd shows a ntural and an inbuilt pH scale.

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