what are the uses of acids bases and salts
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Answer:
There are various way acids, bases, and salts are used. Of course, it is impossible to list them all here.
Acid:
A dilute solution of acetic acid is known as vinegar, which is used in processing food and drink.
Hydrochloric acid, which is present in your stomach, participate in the hydrolysis of protein. It is also used for producing PVC, a common type of plastic.
Nitric acid and sulfuric acid is used for manufacturing fertiliser.
Citric acid is used in food industry to imitate lemon flavour.
Base:
Ammonia is used for manufacturing fertiliser.
Sodium hydroxide can be used to remove sulfurous impurities in crude oil. It's important to do this, because these impurities not only reduce the efficiency of engine using the oil, but also damaging distilling equipment. Another important use is to make soap by saponification reaction.
Calcium hydroxide is used in sewage treatment (it precipitates heavy metals), treating acidic soil. Where I live it is also used as an alternative for painting (the base will absorb atmospheric carbon dioxide, forming a stable layer of calcium carbonate on wall).
Some organic superbases are used for organic compound synthesis.
Salt:
Sodium bicarbonate is used in baking (known as “baking soda”) and in treating acid indigestion due to its slight basicity.
Sodium carbonate is used to treat hard water.
Hypochlorite salt of sodium is the main ingredient of bleach, a cleaning product.
In fact, most domestic cleaning products are made of salts of fatty acids and sodium.
Uses of Acids
Benzoic acids (Salts used to preserve food)
Carbonic Acids (used to make carbonat drinks)
Ethanoic Acids (used to clean metals before electroplating, processing leather, household cleaning,maintenance of swimming pool)
Nitric Acid ( used in the production of fertilizers , explosive , dissolution)
Uses of Bases
Sodium Hydroxide is used in the manufacture of soap, paper , and the synthetic fibre rayon.
Calcium hydroxide is used in the manufacture of bleaching powder.
Calcium hydroxide is also used to clean sulfur dioxide, which is used by the exhaust,that is found in power plants and factories.
Uses of Salts
Salt has long been used for flavouring and preserving food . It has also being used in tanning, dying and production of pottery soap and clorine.
Today, it is widely used in the chemical industry.