Acid, Bases and Salts-

Acid, Base and Salt

Acid– Acids are sour in taste, turn blue litmus to red, dissolve in water to release H+ ions.

Example- Vinegar, Hydrochloric acid and Sulphuric acid.

Bases- Bases are bitter in taste, turns red litmus to blue and when dissolved in water releases OHions.

Example- NaOH, KOH.

Salts– Salts is an ionic compound which is made up of two groups of oppositely charged ions. The ions with a positive charge is called a caution and the one with a negative charge is called an anion.

Example- NaCl(Sodium chloride).

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