Alkali

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In chemistry, an alkali is an aqueous (from water) solution with a pH of more than seven. An alkali is where a base is dissolved in water. Often it is the salt of an Alkali metal

  • It tastes soapy
  • It is corrosive (it can burn your skin away)
  • It is above pH 7

The higher the number is over 7 on the pH scale the stronger the alkali is

Someone can find out how strong or weak and alkali is by adding universal indicator to it. Some universal indicator can be poured into it or use pH paper which is soaked with universal indicator

An alkali is the opposite to an acid and can be neutralised by adding acid.