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Question
What are the uses of acids?
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Solution
- The hydrochloric acid present in our stomach helps in the digestion of foodstuff.
- Vinegar (acetic acid) is used to preserve food materials.
- Benzoic acid is also used to preserve food materials like pickles.
- Sodium or potassium salts of higher fatty acids are used to make washing and bathing soaps.
- Sulphuric acid is called the king of chemicals. It is an effective dehydrating agent. It is used in various industries to make detergents, paints, fertilizers, and many more chemicals.
- Hydrochloric acid, Nitric acid, and Sulphuric acid are important laboratory reagents.
- Cells of all living organisms contain the fundamental nuclear material called nucleic acids. Animals have deoxyribo nucleic acid (DNA) whereas plants contain ribo nucleic acid (RNA).
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