Chapter 8 section 3 Acids Bases and Salts
Chapter 8 section 3 Acids, Bases, and Salts in the Home Number 52
• Soaps and detergents can dissolve in oil and water. They are usually sodium or potassium salts of carboxylic or sulfonic acids which have long hydrocarbon chains • Detergents do not form an insoluble scum in hard water as soap does • Bleach is an alkaline solution of sodium hypochlorite, Na. OCl, Bleach is a disinfectant and oxidizes strains to a colorless form
• Antacids are basic substances that react with hydrochloric acid in the stomach • Acids, Bases, and Salts have many practical uses in the kitchen both in cleaning and cooking • Acids such as vinegars, marinades, and wine can be used to tenderize meat • Compounds found in Potassium and Sodium hydroxide solutions and animal fat is a reaction in soap making • Soap can remove grease and oil from your skin because it acts as an emulsifier to surround the oil
• Putting lemon juice on a piece of cut apple will prevent the fruit from turning brown • Milk sugar is turn into lactic acid in Yogurt • When lemon juice is added to milk it causes the milk to curdle • Baking soda and baking powder are examples of bases used in cooking • Soup works because the negatively charged end of the hydrocarbon chain dissolves in water, whereas the neutral end dissolve in oil
• Soap is made by reacting compounds made from animal fat with a solution of sodium • A byproduct of the chemical reaction that makes soap is glycerol • Antacids makes an upset stomach feel better because it neutralize stomach acid • Another name for Vitamin C is ascorbic acid
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