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    Acids and bases are present in many everyday products and foods. Acids are found in foods like lemons and vinegar and in gastric juice in the stomach, where they help with digestion. Bases are found in household cleaners and soaps, and some bases like antacids can relieve stomach pain. To classify a solution as acidic or basic safely, indicators like litmus paper or phenolphthalein are used, as they change color depending on whether a solution is acidic or basic.

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    Acids and bases are present in many everyday products and foods. Acids are found in foods like lemons and vinegar and in gastric juice in the stomach, where they help with digestion. Bases are found in household cleaners and soaps, and some bases like antacids can relieve stomach pain. To classify a solution as acidic or basic safely, indicators like litmus paper or phenolphthalein are used, as they change color depending on whether a solution is acidic or basic.

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    Acidic and Basic Solutions

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    Acids and bases are present in many everyday products and foods. Acids are found in foods like lemons and vinegar and in gastric juice in the stomach, where they help with digestion. Bases are found in household cleaners and soaps, and some bases like antacids can relieve stomach pain. To classify a solution as acidic or basic safely, indicators like litmus paper or phenolphthalein are used, as they change color depending on whether a solution is acidic or basic.

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    Acidic and Basic Solutions

    Anthony Khattar

    Acids and Bases Used in Everyday Life

    Acids and bases are a part of our everyday life. We might not have realized that they are present
    all around us.

    Acids are found in different kinds of food and in our stomach (gastric juice). Acids give the sour
    taste of food and help the stomach degrades and digests the food as you have taken in biology.

    Examples of acids: lemon, vinegar, variety of fruits, butter…

    As for bases they are found in household products, such as drain cleaners, soap, household
    cleaner… Bases feel slippery and taste bitter. Moreover, some bases serve as antacids that relieve
    the pain due to the high amount of gastric juice in your stomach.

    Properties of Acids and Bases

    Classification of Solutions into Acidic and Basic Solutions

    Most of the chemicals are dangerous to taste to classify as acids or bases, so an acid base
    indicator is needed. An acid base indicator changes color according to the solution.

    Litmus paper is a paper that changes its color to red due to an acidic solution.

    Litmus paper is a paper that changes its color to blue due to a basic solution.

    Phenolphthalein stays colorless with an acid and turns pink with a base.

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