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Test for Carboxylic Acid

If I have carboxylic acid and three other known compounds that are not acids can I use universal indicator to test for the acid?
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Original post by RasputinReborn
Yes.
Or, you could add it to an alcohol and make an ester, which will give off a fruity odour.
Or, you can add it to a MCO3 and it will give off bubbles.

thanks :smile:
Is it to add sodium carbonate / sodium hydrogen carbonate which would give off effervescence?
Original post by XcitingStuart
Is it to add sodium carbonate / sodium hydrogen carbonate which would give off effervescence?


Yes. Any carbonate would work, in theory.

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