Explain the observation that was made when a few drops of phenolphthalein indicator were added to the resulting solution.

      

Explain the observation that was made when a few drops of phenolphthalein indicator were added to the resulting solution.

  

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samuel
When a few drops of Phenolphthalein indicator are added to the resulting solution, the solution changed/turned pink. This is because Calcium reacted with water to form Calcium hydroxide which is alkaline hence the pink colour
lemass answered the question on January 21, 2019 at 08:21


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