Acid can be found in your household Substances. In this post I have show some acidic household Substance with their acidic strength .
Before going to the list of acidic Substances, We must know what actually acid is !!
Acids are the Substance which can easily donate their H+ ions . This statement is only valid for Substance containing Hydrogen(H) then what about other Substance which doesn't contains H+ ions and still acidic..
So here is another statement : " Acid are the Substance which can easily Accept electron pair . They are generally electron deficient species.
Now , Check out some Important Acidic household Substances with their Acidic values .
◆ Shampoo
◆ Lemon / Orange
◆Milk or other dairy products
◆Coca-Cola / Soft drink
◆ Vinegar
◆Phenol
Acidic nature of a Substance can be determined by using pH scale . For a Substance If the pH value is less than 7 then it will be acid , if more than 7 then it will be basic and if exactly 7 then it will be neutral in nature .
Let's see some acidic Substances with their pH value ,
Shampoo - Shampoos have a pH of about 5.5 . Acidic nature is due to presence of Citric acid and some other acids in them.
Lemon / Orange - pH of lemon and orange is between 2.5 and 3 . Main component , Citric acid is responsible for their Acidic nature.
Milk and Dairy Products - Milk and Dairy Products like Yoghurt have a pH value of about 6 . Lactic acid is responsible for their acid nature .
Coca - Cola and other soft drinks - Soft drinks have pH between 2.5 and 3 . Carbonic acid is responsible for their Acidic nature.
Vinegar - pH of vinegar changes according to their uses but the most common pH value is about 2 - 3.5 . Acetic acid is responsible for their Acidic nature .
Phenol- Phenol is mostly used as disinfectant has a pH value about 5-6 . They are weak acid .
Stomach acid , Tomato and banana have a pH value 1 , 4.5 and 5 respectively.
So these are some common household Substances with there pH values.
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