Acids Properties and Examples

I NEVER taste or touch laboratory chemicals. Acids have the following properties  

A FIGURE 14.3 Acids turn blue litmus paper red. HCl 

1 For a review of naming acids, see 1 Section 5.9. Hydrochloric acid is also the main component of stomach acid. In the stomach, hydrochloric acid helps break down food and kills harmful bacteria that might enter the body through food. The sour taste sometimes associated with 

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