Corrosive- can burn through stonework and skin however they cannot burn
through glass and plastic
Irritant- will not burn through but it will irritate your skin just as the name
suggests
Harmful- will not kill you but if you drink some
harmful acids be sure to go to adoctor
TYPES OF ACIDS
Hydrochloric acids- digestion as gastric juice in
stomach, to clean steal in a process known as
pickling, commonly called muriatic acid
Dilute acids- adding water to reduce the acidity.
most dilute acids contain 1-10% of acid and
90%water
Acetic acid-food preparation and reservation, when in
solution with water it is known as vinegar
Nitric acids- to make fertilizers, colorless, yet yellow
when expsed to light
Carbonic acids- carbonated drinks,
involved in cave stalactite and
stalagmite formation and acid rain
Phosphoric acids- to make
detergents, fertilizers and soft drinks,
giving things a slightly sour but
pleasant taste, detergents containing
phosphates makes water pollution
acetylsalicylic acid- pain and
fever relief, to reduce
inflammation, also known as
aspirin
Ascorbic acids- Vitamin C
WHAT ARE ACIDS?
A substance with particular chemical properties such as
turning litmus red, neutralizing alkalis and dissolving some
metals; a sour liquid or a corrosive acid dissolves some
metals
ALKALIS
What are alkalis?
Is where a base is dissovled in water. Often its the salt of an alkali
metal. An alkali is opposite of an acid and can be neutralized
(brought down to pH7) by adding acid