ACIDS AND ALKALIS

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why is it more difficult to spot an alkali than an acid by looking at its name?



Reply from bionic2 User Rating:  640 Knowledge Tokens
The word acid is mentioned in the name such as amino acids, sulfuric acid , hydrochloric acid. They have a COOH terminal.
Alkalis or bases are not mentioned as such. Sodium hydroxyde(NaOH) , ammonia (NH3+H2O--NH4OH ) and Potassium hydroxide (KOH) are exemples of alkalies and their names do not say alkali .They have a OH group.
You may find more info on acids and bases at: http://www.chem1.com/acad/webtext/abcon/
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