properties of bases
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Bases taste bitter, feel slippery, and conduct electricity when dissolved in water. Indicator compounds such as litmus can be used to detect bases. Bases turn red litmus paper blue. The strength of bases is measured on the pH scale.
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➾They are found to have a soapy texture when touched.
➾These substances release hydroxide ions (OH– ions) when dissolved in water.
➾In their aqueous solutions, bases act as good conductors of electricity.
➾The pH values corresponding to bases are always greater than 7.
➾Bases are bitter-tasting substances which have the ability to turn red litmus paper blue.
➾ᴇxᴀᴍᴘʟᴇs : Sodium hydroxide [NaOH], milk of magnesia [Mg(OH)2], calcium hydroxide [Ca(OH)2].
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