BCP 102 AC: V6 (First Timers)

LYE, pH, & Acid Rain: Lye, NaOH,  feels slippery to the fingers.  It is one of the strongest acids known to man.

LYE, pH, & Acid Rain: Lye is what settlers would make by leaching water through ashes.  They would then combine this with fat to make soap.

LYE, pH, & Acid Rain: If you combine sulfuric acid and lye exactly right, it will make table salt.

THE pH SCALE: The pH Scale is can be used to measure the strength of an acid or a base.

THE pH SCALE: On the pH Scale, 14 is a strong acid and 7 is a strong base.

THE DISSOLVER–ACID RAIN: Acid rain is caused by pollutants, specifically sulfur dioxide and nitric oxide.

THE DISSOLVER–ACID RAIN: Stanford University covers up some of its bronze and marble statues with a water-proof covering  to keep them from being decomposed by the acid rain.

THE DISSOLVER–ACID RAIN: Water is neutral. It has a pH of 7.

THE pH SCALE: Foods with a pH of 7 or more are alkaline. 

THE pH SCALE: The ideal pH of the human body is 8.3.