Activity No.

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Acids ,Bases and Salts

OBJECTIVES:
1. Estimate the pH of common household commercial products
2. Classify common household commercial products as acidic, basic or neutral

Materials and Equipments :

Test tubes / vials ,
One Household commercial products per group : Vinegar., sprite, 7-up, liquid sosa, calamansi juice, feminine
wash, clean nail polish, baking soda, lye(lihiya), toilet bowl cleaner, car battery acid

Experimental Procedures
1. Measure 4 ml of each commercial products and transfer into the corresponding vials/ test tubes. Add drops of
phenolphthalein indicator to each test tube/ vials and take note the color of the resulting mixtures. Classify the
commercial products as ACIDIC, NEUTRAL or BASIC according to its pH level.
(NOTE: As an indicator of the pH of a solution, phenolphthalein is colorless at pH 0-8.2 and attains a pink color at
pH 8.3-12.0.)

DATA CALCULATIONS :
(NOTE: As an indicator of the pH of a solution, phenolphthalein is colorless below pH 8.0 and attains a deep red
hue above pH 10.0.

A. Measurement of the pH of Household product

Classification
Of solution
Commercial Product(4mL) Color of Extract Estimated pH (acid, base or neutral)

Distilled water

Vinegar

sprite

7-up

liquid sosa

calamansi juice

feminine wash

clean nail polish

baking soda

lye(lihiya)

toiler bowl cleaner

car battery acid