Are acids and bases in every liquid?

No. Most non-polar liquids have no acidic or base properties. They can be corrosive, but they do that with other methods. Some examples are liquid methane, liquid carbon dioxide, all the fossil fuels, mercury, pure liquid bromine. Many melted salts will also have no acidic or base properties. read more

Almost all liquids are either acids or bases to some degree. Whether a liquid is an acid or base depends on the type of ions in it. If it has a lot of hydrogen ions, then it is an acid. If it has a lot of hydroxide ions, then it is a base. read more

Acids and Bases Are Everywhere Every liquid you see will probably have either acidic or basic traits. Water (H 2 O) can be both an acid and a base, depending on how you look at it. It can be considered an acid in some reactions and a base in others. Water can even react with itself to form acids and bases. read more

Acids and bases can exist in any phase, but reactions are most likely found in a liquids or in an aqueous intermediate. This is because liquid/gases are great for kinetic opertunitity for reacting and H+ protons or electrons (in lewis acids/bases) are easier in a kinetically volatile phase like water. read more