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What is litmus?

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What is litmus?
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Amar Kumar 7 years, 11 months ago

litmus :It is a dye obtained from certain lichens that is red under acid conditions and blue under alkaline conditions.

Litmus paper is paper that has been treated with a specific indicator - a mixture of 10-15 natural dyes obtained from lichens (mainly Roccella tinctoria) that turns red in response to acidic conditions (pH =7).

Sangithkannan Kannan 7 years, 11 months ago

It is a indicator used identify the type of a substance whether acid,base or neutral

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