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    An acid donates hydrogen ions in water, creating more hydrogen ions than hydroxide ions and making the solution acidic. A base accepts hydrogen ions, creating more hydroxide ions and shifting the balance in the opposite direction of an acid. Bases feel slippery and soapy because they hydrolyze skin lipids, and examples of common bases include hand soap, lye, baking soda, bleach, and spinach. The document then contrasts and compares properties of acids and bases such as their effects on litmus paper, taste, and ability to conduct electricity.

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    An acid donates hydrogen ions in water, creating more hydrogen ions than hydroxide ions and making the solution acidic. A base accepts hydrogen ions, creating more hydroxide ions and shifting the balance in the opposite direction of an acid. Bases feel slippery and soapy because they hydrolyze skin lipids, and examples of common bases include hand soap, lye, baking soda, bleach, and spinach. The document then contrasts and compares properties of acids and bases such as their effects on litmus paper, taste, and ability to conduct electricity.

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    An acid donates hydrogen ions in water, creating more hydrogen ions than hydroxide ions and making the solution acidic. A base accepts hydrogen ions, creating more hydroxide ions and shifting the balance in the opposite direction of an acid. Bases feel slippery and soapy because they hydrolyze skin lipids, and examples of common bases include hand soap, lye, baking soda, bleach, and spinach. The document then contrasts and compares properties of acids and bases such as their effects on litmus paper, taste, and ability to conduct electricity.

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    Acids and Base

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    An acid donates hydrogen ions in water, creating more hydrogen ions than hydroxide ions and making the solution acidic. A base accepts hydrogen ions, creating more hydroxide ions and shifting the balance in the opposite direction of an acid. Bases feel slippery and soapy because they hydrolyze skin lipids, and examples of common bases include hand soap, lye, baking soda, bleach, and spinach. The document then contrasts and compares properties of acids and bases such as their effects on litmus paper, taste, and ability to conduct electricity.

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    An acid is a substance that donates hydrogen ions.

    Things unique to bases


    Because of this, when an acid is dissolved in water, the
    Bases feel slippery and soapy because they hydrolyze
    balance between hydrogen ions and hydroxide ions is
    the fatty acid ester of the skin (saponification reaction).
    shifted. Now there are more hydrogen ions than
    hydroxide ions in the solution. This kind of solution is
    acidic.
    Examples of common things which are bases
    A base is a substance that accepts hydrogen ions.
    When a base is dissolved in water, the balance between  Hand soap
    hydrogen ions and hydroxide ions shifts the opposite  Lye
    way.  Baking soda
     Bleach
    Contrasting properties of acids and bases  Spinach
     Window cleaner
    Here is a list which contrasts their properties:  Wasp's sting

     Acids turn blue litmus paper red. Bases turn red


    litmus paper blue.
     Acids give off H+ (Hydrogen) ions in water; bases
    give off OH- (Hydroxide) ions in water.
     Acids generally taste sour due to the sour H+ ion;
    bases taste bitter due to the OH- ion; but they may
    have other tastes depending on the other part of the
    molecule.
     Bases are usually soapy in nature .
     Acids corrode active metals ; Bases denature
    protein
     Acids have a pH less than 7 ; Bases have a pH
    greater than 7

    Similar properties of acids and bases


    Here is a list of properties that are common to both acids
    and bases

     When you dissolve an acid or base in water, it


    makes ions. This makes the water conduct
    electricity better.
     The stronger the acid (or base), the more ions are
    produced, so the conductivity of the solution
    increases.
     They can both conduct electricity.
     When an acid reacts with a base, a salt is formed
     they both can carry and share ions

    Examples of common things which are acidic

     Milk (as it contains lactic acid)


     Lemon juice
     Stomach acids
     Apple juice
     Vinegar
     Water and soft drinks (Carbon dioxide reacts in
    water to form carbonic acid)
     Oranges
     Pineapples
     Mango

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