Acid Alkaline

Question: What is the difference of sulfuric acid and alkaline? do alkaline batteries have sulfuric acid? what chemical moves the electrolytes?

Answer: most car batteries do use H2SO4 as their electrolytes. zinc-carbon flash light batteries, use ammonium chloride or zinc chloride as their electrolyte, ---------------------------- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkaline_batteries "..but the difference is that alkaline batteries use potassium hydroxide (KOH) as an electrolyte..." The half-reactions are:[1] Zn (s) + 2OH− (aq) → ZnO (s) + H2O (l) + 2e− 2MnO2 (s) + H2O (l) + 2e− →Mn2O3 (s) + 2OH− (aq)

Question: Is waxleaf Ligustrum acid or alkaline base? Last summer we cut down and mulched 5 large waxleaf Ligustrum. We would like to use the mulch to make a new callia lilly bed. Are they compatable chemicly or is one acid and the other alkaline?

Answer: ligustrums are a pretty nuetral plant, it grows fine in either acid conditions or alkaline conditions, just used a good composted hardwood mulch

Question: what is the difference between acid and alkaline water? what is the difference between acid and alkaline water?

Answer: Ph Low Ph is alkaline High Ph is acidic

Question: Whats the definition of alkaline and acid? i know that alkaline is having a ph higher than 7 and acid is when ist lower than 7. but like is alkaline and acid bad? what do they do? which is worse? blah blah blah.. stuff tahts easy to read plz.. not long wriitng from places like wikipedia and stuff. make it simple and short :) thnks!

Answer: Well, if 7 is neutral, which would be like water, then acid is sour and alkaline is sweet. Neither is 'bad' but as they go farther up and down the scale, the more concentrated they are to the point of doing damage to things around them (think sulfuric acid). Soda has acid in it, ascetic acid is in a lot of things we eat and drink. As for alkaline, Comet cleaner is alkaline, lye soap is alkaline.

Question: What kind of acid is in a alkaline battery? Hi I am Jake and I want to know what kind of acid is in a alkaline battery.

Answer: It is not an acid, it is Potassium hydroxide

Question: Corn and Almond Milk, are they Alkaline forming or Acid Forming? I bought Christopher Vasey's book "The Acid Alkaline Diet", and according to him, Corn and Almond Milk are Alkaline forming. Yet there are sources on-line that say that Corn and Almond Milk are acid forming. What would make Almond Milk acid forming if regular Almond Nuts are listed as Alkaline forming? I get that Sweetened Almond Milk would be acid forming because of the sugar that's added, would Unsweetened Almond Milk be what Vasey was talking about?

Answer: Almonds are an alkaline food and corn is an acidic food. Corn is supposed to be bad for arthritis and stomach ulcers because it is acidic. Almonds, in general, are regarded as alkaline but I have seen some health reports that say the opposite. Unfortunately there are many conflicting health reports and even health experts disagree on a lot of health issues. A further point to be noted is that some acidic foods actually become alkaline forming after you consume them. One example of this phenomenon is oranges and, in fact, most fruits and vegies that are acidic actually become alkaline forming after you consume them. How and why this happens I cannot explain but I have seen health reports to that effect. I think it might be the digestion enzymes in our body that cause this conversion from acidic to alkaline.

Question: What is maximum permissible amount of pH alkaline/acid that can be discarded into the drain system? Found levels on intenet of <2 and greater than >12.5. Is this correct for Tennessee? EPA regulations? Science Laboratories?? The run off from the drains of the alkaline/acid into the public drains?

Answer: I think our campus EHS people always tell us that pH >2 and <12 is okay to go down the drain (so long as there are no other hazards) here in our labs, and I'm in MO. I'd expect your rules to be about the same. Now, with that said, your setting can also determine what is and isn't "okay". The classic lab example I know of. . . not about pH, but about flammability. . . is that ethanol usually can't be dumped down the drain, but people drink it all the time at parties.

Question: what's the difference between acid and bases and acid and alkaline? When the PH is greater than 7, is it called a "base" or is it called "alkaline"

Answer: The terms acid and/or base describe the solutions themselves (nouns). The terms acidic/basic/alkaline are discriptive terms regarding the condition or state (adjectives). NaOH is a base and has a "basic"/"alkaline" pH. HCl is an acid, and has an "acidic" pH. The adjective "basic" means the same thing as "alkaline" and the terms are interchangable.

Question: How does soil pH (consider acid and alkaline conditions) affect the availability of phosphorus. Why? How about manganese and why?

Answer: At alkaline pH calcium binds phosphate; at acidic pH aluminum binds phosphate. I'm not sure why; it seems backward to me.

Question: what the different betweet acid alkaline exothermic and endothermic?

Answer: Acids have a pH below 7. Alkalis have a pH above 7. An exothermic reaction gives out energy. An endothermic reaction takes in energy.

Question: What happens when you Mix acid and alkaline? Ah well mixing Sodium Hydroxide and Hydrochloric Acid, so would I say they have a chemical reaction and always produce some sort of reaction, i.e heat?

Answer: They neutralize each other and you get water and a salt. For example: NaOH + HCl ---> NaCl + H2O That is for a strong acid and strong base but if you use weak acids and weak bases and combine them it is different.

Question: How would you treat acid and alkaline spillages on metal in relationship to corrosion protection?

Answer: Clean the metal off. If it is feasible, you might want to paint the surface.

Question: What, atomically, determines if a compound is acid or alkaline? Yes I know it's the Ph value... but what does that mean? Is there a way of predicting the acidity or not from the atomic structure of a compound?

Answer: An acid is any substance that is capable of losing an H+ ion, which is a proton. HCl splits into H+ and Cl- in water, for example. Strong acids are those that easily lose the proton, like HCl. Weak acids have a stronger grip on their proton and so do not let go of it as readily. An example is acetic acid, CH3COOH. Note that the strength of an acid has nothing to do with concentration. The tendency in the acid to hang on to the proton is due to the difference in electronegativities of the elements involved. If the difference is high the bond breaks easily. If there is little difference, the bond is stronger. There's several pages about this on my website. The link below goes to a page that covers the electronegativities of elements. A base (an alkaline substance) accepts a proton. Examples are NH3 and OH- Some substances are capable of both behaviour under different circumstances.

Question: Would you recommend the acid/alkaline diet? For someone who is suffering from diabetes, would you recommend the acid/alkaline diet? Are there any dangers with this diet? Why? Explain. I've googled it, but am looking for someone who's actually benefitted from the diet to share their experiences.

Answer: Diet Guidelines http://www.diabetes911.net/readit/chapter10.shtml

Question: what makes an acid and an alkaline liguid? what makes an acid and an alkaline liguid? What type of acid is in coke?

Answer: The bottom line is water. There is water in acids as well as bases. However an acid has lots of dissociated H+ ions, while alkanline liquids have lots of OH- The secret ingredient in coke..the thingy that differentiates it from Pepsi....is phosphoric acid H3PO4.

Question: What is the pH number (5.0, 7.0) for high alkaline to low acid? ranging for 3 categories.low acid, acid, high acid, low alkaline, alkaline, high alkaline. please make a list.

Answer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PH