Question

SEP Design Solutions You are given an unknown solution and asked to determine whether it is an acid or a base. What properties of acids and bases could you use to classify the solution? What properties would you not use to make this determination?​

Answer 1

Extensive properties, such as mass and volume depend on the amount of substance present and are not useful in the identification of a substance. In this experiment, we will use three properties to identify a liquid substance: solubility, density and boiling point.