litmus paper

litmus paper

English

Noun

litmus paper (countable and uncountable, plural litmus papers)

1. (chemistry) paper containing a water-soluble pH indicator composed of a mixture of different dyes extracted from certain lichens. The resulting piece of paper is used to test materials for acidity, turning red when acidic and blue when alkaline.

Translations

Translations

Arabic: ورقة عباد الشمس‎ f (waraqat 'abbad al-šams) Chinese: Mandarin: 石蕊試紙／石蕊试纸 (zh) (shíruǐshìzhǐ) Crimean Tatar: lakmus kâğıtı Czech: lakmusový papírek m Finnish: lakmuspaperi (fi) French: papier de tournesol (fr) m Georgian: ლაკმუსის ქაღალდი (laḳmusis kaɣaldi) German: Lackmuspapier (de) n Greek: χαρτί ηλιοτροπίου n (chartí iliotropíou) Hebrew: נְיַיר לַקְמוּס‎ (he) m Hungarian: lakmuszpapír Italian: cartina tornasole f Japanese: リトマス紙 (ritomasu shi) Malay: kertas litmus (ms) Polish: papierek lakmusowy m Portuguese: papel de tornassol m Russian: ла́кмусовая бума́га f (lákmusovaja bumága) Spanish: papel de tornasol m Swedish: lackmuspapper (sv) n Tagalog: tornasol Turkish: turnusol (tr), turnusol kağıdı Vietnamese: giấy quỳ

Further reading

• litmus paper on Wikipedia.Wikipedia