litmus paper
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The best way to confirm that the solution is neutralized is with litmus paper.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 7, 2022
Watson recalls one telling advertising campaign: posters printed on litmus paper that said: “When acid rain is falling, you should see red” – offering a vivid illustration of the problem.
From The Guardian • Oct. 12, 2020
It is easy enough to say, with Elmer Davis, that eminent piece of journalistic litmus paper, that ex-Communists are bores.
From Time Magazine Archive
But that is not an immutable piece of parchment that judges can apply to laws like litmus paper.
From Time Magazine Archive
If it is strongly alkaline, i. e., turning red litmus paper blue, it is pretty certain that something in the way of a preservative has been added to it.
From The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI) by Winslow, Kenelm
