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Kegunaan Asid Dan Alkali Dalam Kehidupan Seharian

Acids and alkalis have many uses in our daily lives. Acids are used to give food and drinks a sour taste, preserve foods like pickles, produce batteries and fertilizers, and clean metals. Common acids include citric acid, tartaric acid, and hydrochloric acid. Alkalis are used to make soaps, detergents, cement, glass, and fertilizers. They also neutralize acidic soil and are used as cleaning agents. Common alkalis include sodium hydroxide, calcium hydroxide, and ammonia.

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Kegunaan Asid Dan Alkali Dalam Kehidupan Seharian

Acids and alkalis have many uses in our daily lives. Acids are used to give food and drinks a sour taste, preserve foods like pickles, produce batteries and fertilizers, and clean metals. Common acids include citric acid, tartaric acid, and hydrochloric acid. Alkalis are used to make soaps, detergents, cement, glass, and fertilizers. They also neutralize acidic soil and are used as cleaning agents. Common alkalis include sodium hydroxide, calcium hydroxide, and ammonia.

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USES OF ACID AND ALKALIS IN OUR DAILY LIFE

Acid
Citiric acid

Tartaric acid
Benzoic acid
Ascorbic acid
(vitamin c)
Formic acid
Acetic acid

Sulphric acid
Hydrochloric acid
Nitric Acid

Uses of Acid
- Added to food and drinks to give a pleasant
sour taste
- As a polishing agent for metal
- As a flavouring in food and drinks
- To produce fruits salts or health salt
- As a preservative in food such as sauces
- Needed by human ton increase the bodys
resistance ton infections and to prevents
scurvy
- Used to coagulate latex
- Used as vinegar
- As a preservative in food such as pickles
- To produce paint, plastics and rayon
- Used in car batteries and fire extinguishers
- To produce fertilizers and detergents
- To clean metals before they are coated
- As cleaning agent in toilet cleaners
- To produce fertilizers, dyes and explosives

Alkali
Sodium hydroxide
Calcium hydroxide
(lime)
Ammonia

Magnesium hydroxide

Caustic soda
(mixture of sodium
hydroxide and calcium
hydroxide

Uses of Alkali
-

To produce soaps, detergent, plastics and rayon


To produce cement, mortar , soda lime and glass
To neutralize acidic soil in agriculture
As a cleaning agent in glass and window cleaners
To prevent the coagulation of latex
To produce nitric acid and fertilisers
To produce medicines such as antacids ( to ease
stomachache due to excess acid) and milk of
magnesia
- As a cleansing agent in oven cleaners

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