
1. Stomach ache can be caused by the body making too much
acid.
2a. Indigestion medicines called an
can be taken to neutralise the over acidity in the stomach.
2b. However, they must not be too strongly
or they may be harmful.
2c. A simple test would be to add the medicine to universal indicator and if it turns
it may be harmful!
2d. An of a example of 'harmful' alkali is
which is used in bleach.
2e. An example of a harmless alkali would be sodium
.
3a. You can test how good an indigestion powder is by adding
quantities of different powders to the same volume of an acid to make it a
test.
3b. Universal indicator is added and as the powder is added the colour changes from
to
when the acid has all been neutralised.
4a. When an
is added to an acid the pH is
.
4b. If solutions of an acid and an alkali of the same concentration are
, it will take
volumes of each to get the perfect neutralisation.