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  2. Litmus - Wikipedia

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    Litmus paper after being used. The main use of litmus is to test whether a solution is acidic or basic, as blue litmus paper turns red under acidic conditions, and red litmus paper turns blue under basic or alkaline conditions, with the color change occurring over the pH range 4.5–8.3 at 25 °C (77 °F). Neutral litmus paper is purple. [2]

  3. Nitrate test - Wikipedia

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    Devarda's alloy (Copper/Aluminium/Zinc) is a reducing agent.When reacted with nitrate in sodium hydroxide solution, ammonia is liberated. The ammonia formed may be detected by its characteristic odor, and by damp red litmus paper's turning blue, signalling that it is an alkali — very few gases other than ammonia evolved from wet chemistry are alkaline.

  4. Congo red - Wikipedia

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    Due to a color change from blue to red at pH 3.0–5.2, Congo red can be used as a pH indicator.Since this color change is an approximate inverse of that of litmus, it can be used with litmus paper in a simple parlor trick: add a drop or two of Congo red to both an acid solution and a base solution.

  5. Universal indicator - Wikipedia

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    Paper form: It is a strip of coloured paper which changes colour to red if the solution is acidic and to blue, if the solution is basic. The strip can be placed directly onto a surface of a wet substance or a few drops of the solution can be dropped onto the universal indicator using dropping equipment.

  6. Soil pH - Wikipedia

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    Use of litmus paper. A small sample of soil is mixed with distilled water, into which a strip of litmus paper is inserted. If the soil is acidic the paper turns red, if basic, blue. Certain other fruit and vegetable pigments also change color in response to changing pH.

  7. Why do we have right-on-red, and is it time to get rid of it?

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    In this Dec. 23, 1973, file photo, cars line up in two directions at a gas station in New York City. Right-on-red was a gas-savings tool during the 1970s oil crisis.

  8. Confluentic acid - Wikipedia

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    He also found that this substance turns litmus paper red, reacts with FeCl 3 to produce a red-brown colour, and decomposes into carbon dioxide, a volatile substance, and a phenol-like compound with a melting point of 52°C upon interaction with alkali.

  9. What You Didn't Learn In Sex Ed

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    From ancient history to the modern day, the clitoris has been discredited, dismissed and deleted -- and women's pleasure has often been left out of the conversation entirely. Now, an underground art movement led by artist Sophia Wallace is emerging across the globe to challenge the lies, question the myths and rewrite the rules around sex and the female body.

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