{"id":677162,"date":"2023-09-02T20:25:24","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T14:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infinitylearn.com\/surge\/question\/is-it-true-that-red-litmus-turns-blue-in-basic-medium\/"},"modified":"2025-06-19T20:26:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T14:56:53","slug":"is-it-true-that-red-litmus-turns-blue-in-basic-medium","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/infinitylearn.com\/surge\/question\/chemistry\/is-it-true-that-red-litmus-turns-blue-in-basic-medium\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it true that red litmus turns blue in basic medium?"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"template":"","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"","_yoast_wpseo_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Is it true that red litmus turns blue in basic medium?","custom_permalink":"question\/chemistry\/is-it-true-that-red-litmus-turns-blue-in-basic-medium\/"},"categories":[],"acf":{"question":"<p style=\"margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal; font-size:12pt\"><span>Is it true that red litmus turns blue in basic medium?<\/span><\/p><br><pstyle=\"margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt\"><spanstyle=\"font-family:'timesnewroman';-aw-import:ignore\"><p><\/p><pstyle=\"margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt\"><spanstyle=\"font-family:'timesnewroman';-aw-import:ignore\"><p><\/p><\/spanstyle=\"font-family:'timesnewroman';-aw-import:ignore\"><\/pstyle=\"margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt\"><\/spanstyle=\"font-family:'timesnewroman';-aw-import:ignore\"><\/pstyle=\"margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt\">","options":[{"option":"<span>True<\/span>","correct":true},{"option":"<span>False<\/span><span>&nbsp;<\/span>","correct":false}],"solution":"<span>The above statement is true.<\/span><br><span>The red litmus turns blue in basic medium. Litmus is a natural indicator. It is a purple-coloured dye solution which is extracted from a type of plant called lichen. It has a purple colour in water. If the drop of the given solution turns red litmus to blue, then the given solution will be essential (or a base). For example, a drop of baking soda solution turns red litmus paper to blue, so baking soda is basic. In general, red litmus contains a weak diprotic acid. Baking soda is sodium bicarbonate (<\/span><math xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\"><mi mathvariant=\"italic\">NaHC<\/mi><msub><mrow><mi>O<\/mi><\/mrow><mrow><mn>3<\/mn><\/mrow><\/msub><\/math><span>). It is a base, which means that when mixed with water, it loses a negatively charged hydroxide ion (<\/span><math xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\"><mi>O<\/mi><msup><mrow><mi>H<\/mi><\/mrow><mrow><mo>-<\/mo><\/mrow><\/msup><\/math><span>). It has a pH of about 8. 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