does the mixture turn blue litmus?
Answers
Explanation:
yes blue litmus is called mixture
Answer:
The main use of litmus is to test whether a solution is acidic or basic. Light 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.
Explanation:
Acids have a general property to release hydrogen ion H
+
in the solution medium, due to which they turn the blue litmus red.
Dissociation of CH
3
OH (methanol) won't produce enough protons/hydrogen ions to shift the equilibrium towards the acidic side and hence it won't affect the colour of the litmus solution.
Acetic acid (CH
3
COOH) undergoes dissociation to release hydrogen ions which makes it acidic in nature.
Thus, it can change the colour of blue litmus solution to red.
CH
3
COOH→CH
3
COO
−1
+H
+
However, in case of CH
3
COOCH
3
and CH
4
, the hydrogen atoms are covalently bonded to the carbon atoms and hence they are not released as hydrogen ions in the solution, thus they do not change the colour of the litmus solution
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