The aqueous product conducts electricity while the solid does not. Ionic solids do not conduct electricity, but ions dissolved in solution do.
The chemical name of the base is calcium hydroxide.
Increasing the temperature of the system would increase the rate of the reaction.
What items are you separating? Please be more specific with your answer!
What's wrong with this setup is the substrate on which you have positioned
the drop is "dirty and unclean" meaning it is not being dampened by
the solution. This action can be corrected by comprehensively cleaning the
substrate where the drop will be positioned.
