The pH Factor

pH Paper

pH paper is one of the ways to indicate pH. You can buy pH paper, or you can make your own:

 

 

  1. MAKE cabbage water.
  2. ADD drops of the cabbage water to coffee filter strips and BAKE the strips dry.
  3. Pink indicates acid; green or blue indicates base.


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