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Thursday 16 September 2021

Litmus Experiment

 

Materials:

  1. Red Litmus paper

  2. Blue Litmus paper

  3. Sodium Hydroxide

  4. Hydrochloric acid

  5. Pipette

  6. 4 Test tubes


Steps

  1. Rip the litmus paper in half and put half in each test tube.

  2. Add 3 drops of hydrochloric acid to the blue litmus paper in test tube 1.

  3. Add 3 drops of hydrochloric acid to the red litmus paper in test tube 2.

  4. Add 3 drop of Sodium Hydroxide to the blue litmus paper in test tube 3.

  5. Add 3 drops of Sodium Hydroxide to the red litmus paper in test tube


Findings

The blue litmus paper with hydrochloric acid stayed blue.

The blue litmus paper with sodium hydroxide went red.

The red litmus paper with hydrochloric acid went blue.

The red litmus paper with sodium hydroxide stayed red.





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