Litmus Paper

 Litumus is a tree lichen fungi and is made into small paper strips or a liquid for testing acids or alkalines. 

1.Blue litmus paper determines if something is acidie. It turns red in solutions with a ph less than 7.

2. Red Litmus paper determines if something is alkaline. It turns blue in solutinos with a ph greater than. 

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 4

Findings:

The blue litmus paper with hydrochloric acid went It did not do entering.

The red litmus paper with hydrochloric acid went _It did do something.

The blue litmus paper with sodium hydrochloric acid went It did do entering.

To help you with your conclusion...…..

• Blue Litmus: no change it is an alkaline.

• Blue Litmus : changes to red it is an acid.

• Red Litmus: no change it is an acid.

• Red litmus: changes to blue it is an alkaline.