What Are Acids & Bases? | Chemistry Basics

Acids and bases can be found all throughout your everyday life and are often times very useful… even in your own body! But what is it about acids that make some super dangerous and other safe to eat? And in order to tell how acidic or basic a chemical is, how do we measure their individual intensities? This episode of chemistry basics covers the fundamentals of acids and bases and how we use the pH scale to measure them. Subscribe! http://bit.ly/AmerChemSOc Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/ChemMatters Twitter! https://twitter.com/ACSChemMatters For more information, please visit our website: https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education.html You might also like: ChemMatters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0O87gWv-Xk&list=PLB6A2947FFC507110 Middle School Chemistry – Lesson Overviews: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXcvdid5frY&list=PLLG7h7fPoH8IRKPvVweq6mr2cJMIXMuK- Kids Chemistry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1TNrdyqhcY&list=PLLG7h7fPoH8L6LPoixsIPby70O5SajE5z Produced by the American Chemical Society, the world’s largest scientific society. ACS is a global leader in providing access to chemistry-related information and research through its multiple databases, peer-reviewed journals and scientific conferences. Join the American Chemical Society! https://bit.ly/Join_ACS