A new mild dish detergent is being tested before putting it on the market. if the new detergent were tested with 0-14 ph test paper, what color would the indicator paper be most likely to turn?

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Justus Schmidt

14 December, 01:37

A new mild dish detergent is being tested before putting it on the market. if the new detergent were tested with 0-14 ph test paper, what color would the indicator paper be most likely to turn?

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Zaire Bird · Answer 1

The PH of laundry detergents is between 7 and 10. Most detergents have a PH closer to 9. This makes laundry detergents either neutral or basic in their solutions. If detergents were acidic, they would be more harmful to the fabric. So it would change red ph paper to blue