Question

Is tap water salt or acid or base or neither? which is it?

Answer 1

Neither Acid Nor Base

Answer 2

Sorry hba, not exactly true...

Answer 3

You Can Say Both

Answer 4

The only time water is neither an acid or a base is if it is pure deionized water...for example, even rainwater, which is thought of as being pure water is actually slightly acidic because it contains desolved CO2 in it...hence the ruins of Athens being destroyed by acid rain!

Answer 5

Water Acts As An Acid When It Reacts With A Substance That Is Less Acidic Than Water

Answer 6

And Water Acts A Base When It Reacts With A Substance That Is More Acidic Than Water

Answer 7

in that case yes but all I am saying is that you can't outright label water as neither...you have to know what kind of water and what exactly is in it! The original question is whether or not tap water is acidic or basic and that question isn't easy to answer without knowing exactly what is in the tap water.

Answer 8

Water is naturally neutral. Other things added to water may change it towards an acid or a base.

Answer 9

Well Tap Water Contains range of contaminants from a number of sources

Answer 10

In nature, water is not neutral! It has dissolved ions in it! Only manmade deionized water is completely neutral with a pH of 7.

Answer 11

There is no way to know for sure what your tap water is unless you test the pH.

Answer 12

^ Yeah Right

Answer 13

Because Maybe The Tap Water This Guy Is Talking About Maybe Way More Contaminated Or Way More Filtered

Answer 14

tap water may be is acid due to chlorination when cured. But in other hand, I can say tap water is neutral due to evaporation of HCl gas when exposed in open space.

Chlorine is actually mainly neutral so chlorination makes no difference in the PH levels of the tap water. The Ph level will mainly be based on the chemical levels of the water on that specific day.

Answer 15

The chances of tap water being neutral is astronomical because of the added chemicals to make it safe for drinking. The only thing we can say for sure is that tap water is not neutral, it could be either slightly basic or slightly acidic depending on it's desolved ion content...end of story.

Answer 16

You are also forgetting about the dissolved calcium carbonate ions present in many water supplies...this is where the term "hard water" originates. Neutral, no way...slightly acidic or basic, yes depending on disovled ions!

Answer 17

What Are The Chances Of Hard Water ?

Answer 18

Close To None

Answer 19

It May Occur Once In A LifeTime..

Answer 20

Call a plumber and ask him! It's everywhere...Ever pour Drano down your sink? That is a highly basic solution to dissolve calcium buildup in your pipes...I'm not debating this anymore...neutral no way...slightly acidic or basic yes! Have a good night and I hope this helps to rule out neutrality of tap water!

Answer 21

Oh Smarty Pants Thinks She Is genius , Wow!

Answer 22

hba...this isn't about being smart...it's just about facts and helping this person answer their question...if you honestly have any doubt, go test the tap water in your house with a computer based Verneir pH tester and see for yourself...It will never be neutral...even if water had a Ka value of 1.000009 x 10^7, it would be slightly basic...water at a perfectly balanced pH of exactly 7 can only be attained by deionization process using proton exchange membrane beads.

Answer 23

Stop Crying Girl :)

Answer 24

But it has been fun debating with you! :o)

Answer 25

Hard Water Occurs 85 % In America ;)

Answer 26

I have to know...did you google that? Do you finally believe me? :o)

Answer 27

Well But Where I Stay There Is Absolutely No Hard Water :)

Answer 28

So There Is A Possibility That The Water Maybe Neutral :D

Answer 29

Then it must be basic ! :o)

Answer 30

Tap Water Is Slightly Basic :)

Answer 31

The only thing I will grant you is that there is a "slight" possibility of being neutral yes in a particular sample of tap water...a 1 in googleplex chance yes! you win! Happy? :o) geesh!

Answer 32

Well You Are Wrong It Is Normally Treated So It May Be Slightly Acidic

Answer 33

omg...are you serious? I said never neutral but ALWAYS either slightly acidic or slightly basic...come on dood!

Answer 34

Haha We Cant Say Anything Gal :D

Answer 35

I can say never neutral but ALWAYS either slightly acidic or slightly basic! haha...night

Answer 36

^ No There Is A Chance For It To Be Neutral

Answer 37

U my friend are crazy! :o)~

Answer 38

About You ^^