• Soap - red litmus paper chaned to blue. blue litmust paper showed no change in color • Synthetic detergent - no change in color in both litmus pape Based on the litmus paper tests, are the soap-water and synthetic detergent-water mixtures acidic, basic, or neutral? Explain the difference, if any, in the reactions of the soap-wate and synthetic detergent-water mixtures to litmus paper.

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• Soap - red litmus paper chaned to blue. blue litmust paper
showed no change in color
• Synthetic detergent - no change in color in both litmus paper
Based on the litmus paper tests, are the soap-water and
synthetic detergent-water mixtures acidic, basic, or neutral?
Explain the difference, if any, in the reactions of the soap-water
and synthetic detergent-water mixtures to litmus paper.
Transcribed Image Text:• Soap - red litmus paper chaned to blue. blue litmust paper showed no change in color • Synthetic detergent - no change in color in both litmus paper Based on the litmus paper tests, are the soap-water and synthetic detergent-water mixtures acidic, basic, or neutral? Explain the difference, if any, in the reactions of the soap-water and synthetic detergent-water mixtures to litmus paper.
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