1. Section 3: Acids, Bases, and Salts in the Home
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Cleaning Products
Personal-Care and Food Products

2. Key Ideas Why are cleaning products added to water?
What are some household products that contain acids, bases, and salts?

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Many acids, bases, and salts are used daily in our homes. Based on what you know about the properties of acids, bases, and salts, answer the following questions.
1. Some green apples are particularly sour. Is this likely to be due to an excess of an acid or a base?
2. Baking soda reacts with vinegar. Is baking soda an acid or a base?

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3. Given that one approach to an upset stomach is to take an antacid, are the chemicals secreted into the stomach for digestion likely to be acids or bases?
4. Drain cleaners that contain lye react with fatty acids in clogs. Given that, are drain cleaners that contain lye acids or bases
5. Many common window cleaners contain ammonia, a base. Given that, is most dirt on windows slightly acidic or slightly basic?

5. SPS6.e Determine whether common household substances are acidic, basic, or neutral.

6. EQ: How acidic or basic are some common household substances?

7. Personal-Care and Food Products
What are some household products that contain acids, bases, and salts?

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Many healthcare, beauty, and food products in your home, in addition to cleaners, contain acids, bases, or salts.

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Many healthcare products are acids or bases.

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Vitamin C is ascorbic acid.

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Sodium hydrogen carbonate and magnesium hydroxide (milk of magnesia) are antacids.

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antacid: a weak base that neutralizes stomach acid

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The pH of most shampoos is between 5 and 8.

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A shampoo that is too basic can cause strands of hair to swell.

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Acids can be used as antioxidants.

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Antioxidants prevent oxygen from reacting with molecules.

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Vitamin C and citric acid are antioxidants.

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Vinegar or citrus juices make acidic marinades that can tenderize meats.

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Bacteria convert lactose, a sugar in milk, into lactic acid.

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Many drain cleaners contain sodium hydroxide.

21. Why are cleaning products added to water?

22. Water does not mix with grease or oil.
Cleaning Products
Water does not mix with grease or oil.

23. Cleaning Products
Cleaning products improve water’s ability to clean because they help water mix with oily substances.

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Soap can dissolve in both oil and in water and allows oil and water to form an emulsion that can be washed away by rinsing.

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Detergents and soaps are bases.

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Detergent: a water-soluble cleaner that can emulsify dirt and oil

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Soap forms soap scum when it combines with Mg2+, Ca2+, and Fe3+.

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Soap scum is an insoluble salt.

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Detergents do not form scum.

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The hydrocarbon chains in detergents come from petroleum products.

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The hydrocarbon chains in soap come from animal fats or plant oils.

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Many household cleaners contain the weak base ammonia.

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Bleach: a chemical compound used to whiten or make lighter

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Household bleach is a solution of a strong base, sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl).

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Bleach is also a strong disinfectant.