List Of Acids

Let us learn about Acids.

The term acid was comes from the Latin word root ac-, meaning “sharp”, as in acetum, vinegar. Acids have long been acknowledged as a distinctive class of compounds whose aqueous solutions exhibit the following properties:

1. A characteristic sour taste

2. Ability to change the color of litmus1 from blue to red

3. React with certain metals to produce gaseous H2

4. React with bases to form a salt and water.

List of Acids

Acids play a central role in chemistry because, with the exception of redox reactions, every chemical reaction can be classified as an acid-base reaction.

Acids can be classified as mineral acids and organic acid.

1. Mineral acids include

2. Hydrochloric acid

3. Sulphuric acid

4. Nitric acid

5. Nitrous acid

6. Phosphoric acid

7. Carbonic acid

8. Organic acid includes

9. Oleic acid

10. Citric acid

11. palmitic acid

12. Maleic acid and etc...

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