Compounds such as alcohols and glucose also contain hydrogen but are not categorised as acids. Describe an Activity to prove it.
Two nails are fitted on a cork and are kept it in a $100\,mL$ beaker. The nails are then connected to the two terminals of a $6\,V$ battery through a bulb and a switch. Some dilute $HCl$ is poured in the beaker and the current is switched on. The same experiment is then performed with glucose solution and alcohol solution.
What effect does the concentration of $H^+_{(aq)}$ ions have on the nature of the solution ?
What will happen if a solution of sodium hydrocarbonate is heated ? Give the equation of the reaction involved.
You have been provided with three test tubes. One of them contains distilled water and the other two contaln an acidic solution and a basic solution, respectlvely. If you are glven only red litmus paper. how will you identify the contents of each test tube ?
A milkman adds a very small amount of baking soda to fresh milk.
$(a)$ Why does he shift the $pH$ of the fresh milk from $6$ to slightly alkaline ?
$(b)$ Why does this milk take a long time to set as curd ?
Name the sodium compound which is used for softening hard water.