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A boy went to the kitchen and saw his dad having difficulty holding the bar of soap.
"What's wrong, Dad?" the boy inquired.
"Oh, I think this soap must have some sort of acid in it, it is so slippery."
"No, Dad, the soap doesn't have an acid in it. Don't you remember your basic chemistry?"
How did the boy know this?
"What's wrong, Dad?" the boy inquired.
"Oh, I think this soap must have some sort of acid in it, it is so slippery."
"No, Dad, the soap doesn't have an acid in it. Don't you remember your basic chemistry?"
How did the boy know this?
Answer
First, soap usually does not have an acid in it: it has a base. There are properties of soap that can prove it has a base and not an acid. Soap is slippery as the father said, because bases are slick, while acids are not. Second, soap is bitter, not sour: bases are bitter, while acids are sour. Finally, soap turns red litmus paper blue, a tell-tale sign that you have a base.Hide Answer Show Answer
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This one was a bit too easy. And that guys dad should have actually paid attention in elementary science and he would have known.
Question. How do you know what soap tastes like?
too easy
Jul 16, 2008
hooray easy science
Why would Dad think acid would make something slippery? Slipperyness is a characteristic of fats and oils (both ingedients of soap) not of acids. And was the kid's remark about "basic" chemistry a pun? I like basic puns - no lye!
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"No, Dad, the soap doesn't have an acid in it. Don't you remember your basic chemistry?"
How did the boy know this? "
See? The answer is actually "Science/Chemistry class" since that is how he knew it.
"No, Dad, the soap doesn't have an acid in it. Don't you remember your basic chemistry?"
How did the boy know this? "
See? The answer is actually "Science/Chemistry class" since that is how he knew it.
pretty sure i dont need any litmus paper to figure this one out
He ate soap
Easy teaser but fun.
Finally a science teaser I didn't only understand but was able to answer!!
How did the boy know this?
I guessed that he took science in school .
cool teaser.
I guessed that he took science in school .
cool teaser.
SO very easy. But I enjoyed the fact that I knew the answer.
How does acid make anything slippery in the first place?
Why would he think that acids made stuff slippery? Maybe he got them mixed up. And... How do you know what soap TASTES like?
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