Which of the following is a common property or characteristic of a base? A. Sour taste B. Corrosive to skin, clothing, and other substances C. Increases the hydrogen ion concentration of a solution D. Slippery feel

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Chemistry

Darien Mclaughlin

14 October, 23:34

Which of the following is a common property or characteristic of a base? A. Sour taste B. Corrosive to skin, clothing, and other substances C. Increases the hydrogen ion concentration of a solution D. Slippery feel

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Donna Savage · Answer 1

Bases are substances that dissociate in water forming OH - ions. One of the common characteristic among bases is that they have slippery feel. Take for example the soaps which are bases, they have the slippery feel. Thus, the answer is letter D.

Brendan Green · Answer 2

A common property or characteristic of a base is D. Most bases have a slippery feel.