A pH indicator is a halochromic chemical compound added in small amounts to a solution so the pH (acidity or basicity) of the solution can be determined...
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universal indicator is a pH indicator made of a solution of several compounds that exhibit various smooth colour changes over a wide range pH values to...
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Tashiro's indicator is a pH indicator (pH value: 4.4–6.2), mixed indicator composed of a solution of methylene blue (0.1%) and methyl red (0.03%) in ethanol...
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electrode. The pH of aqueous solutions can be measured with a glass electrode and a pH meter or a color-changing indicator. Measurements of pH are important...
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Phenol red (category PH indicators)
Phenol red (also known as phenolsulfonphthalein or PSP) is a pH indicator frequently used in cell biology laboratories. Phenol red exists as a red crystal...
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Red cabbage (section pH indicator)
especially in Africa. The juice of red cabbage can be used as a homemade pH indicator, turning red in acid and green/yellow in basic solutions. When cooking...
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4-Nitrophenol (category PH indicators)
4-Nitrophenol can be used as a pH indicator. A solution of 4-nitrophenol appears colorless below pH 5.4 and yellow above pH 7.5. This color-changing property...
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at an electrode potential of 0.97 V. Chemical analysis pH indicator Complexometric indicator Ram W. Sabnis; Erwin Ross; Jutta Köthe; Renate Naumann;...
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Bromophenol blue (category PH indicators)
3″,5′,5″-tetrabromophenolsulfonphthalein, BPB), albutest is used as a pH indicator, an electrophoretic color marker, and a dye. It can be prepared by slowly...
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Methyl orange (category PH indicators)
Methyl orange is a pH indicator frequently used in titration because of its clear and distinct color variance at different pH values. Methyl orange shows...
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Bromothymol blue (category PH indicators)
and BTB) is a pH indicator. It is mostly used in applications that require measuring substances that would have a relatively neutral pH (near 7). A common...
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A hydrogencarbonate indicator (hydrogencarbonate indicator) is a type of pH indicator that is sensitive enough to show a color change as the concentration...
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Litmus (category PH indicators)
often absorbed onto filter paper to produce one of the oldest forms of pH indicator, used to test materials for acidity. In an acidic medium, blue litmus...
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Phenolphthalein (category PH indicators)
written as "HIn", "HPh", "phph" or simply "Ph" in shorthand notation. Phenolphthalein is often used as an indicator in acid–base titrations. For this application...
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Bromocresol green (category PH indicators)
belongs to a class of dyes called sulfonephthaleins. It is used as a pH indicator in applications such as growth mediums for microorganisms and titrations...
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Methyl red (category PH indicators)
is an indicator dye that turns red in acidic solutions. It is an azo dye, and is a dark red crystalline powder. Methyl red is a pH indicator; it is red...
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Thymol blue (category PH indicators)
used as a pH indicator. It is insoluble in water but soluble in alcohol and dilute alkali solutions. It transitions from red to yellow at pH 1.2–2.8 and...
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Indigo carmine (category PH indicators)
at pH 11.4 and yellow at 13.0. Indigo carmine is also a redox indicator, turning yellow upon reduction. Another use is as a dissolved ozone indicator through...
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Acid orange 5 (category PH indicators)
It is an azo dye. It is also used as a pH indicator; it is red in pH under 1.4, orange-yellow in pH over 3.2. Acid orange 5 may be prepared by diazotization...
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Anthocyanin (category PH indicators)
degradation at pH 8 and may be used effectively as a food colorant. Anthocyanins may be used as pH indicators because their color changes with pH; they are...
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Metacresol purple (category PH indicators)
m-cresolsulfonphthalein, is a triarylmethane dye and a pH indicator. It is used as a capnographic indicator for detecting detect end-tidal carbon dioxide to...
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Malachite green (category PH indicators)
can also be used as a saturable absorber in dye lasers, or as a pH indicator between pH 0.2–1.8. However, this use is relatively rare. Leuco-malachite...
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Chrysoine resorcinol (category PH indicators)
in 1988. Chrysoine resorcinol can be used as a pH indicator with a color change between pH 11 and pH 12.7. In colorimetry, it has an absorption maximum...
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Nitrazine (category PH indicators)
Nitrazine or phenaphthazine is a pH indicator dye often used in medicine. More sensitive than litmus, nitrazine indicates pH in the range of 4.5 to 7.5. Nitrazine...
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Azo violet (category PH indicators)
commercially as a violet dye and experimentally as a pH indicator, appearing yellow below pH 11, and violet above pH 13. It also turns deep blue in the presence...
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Thymolphthalein (category PH indicators)
a phthalein dye used as an acid–base (pH) indicator. Its transition range is around pH 9.3–10.5. Below this pH, it is colorless; above, it is blue. The...
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Acid–base titration (section Indicator choice)
neutralizing it using a solution of known concentration (titrant). A pH indicator is used to monitor the progress of the acid–base reaction and a titration...
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Methyl yellow (category PH indicators)
for plastics and may be used as a pH indicator. In aqueous solution at low pH, methyl yellow appears red. Between pH 2.9 and 4.0, methyl yellow undergoes...
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Anthocyanidin (category PH indicators)
change color from red through purple, blue, and bluish green as a function of pH. Anthocyanidins are an important subclass of the polymethine dyes and flavonoids...
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Sunset yellow FCF (category PH indicators)
petroleum-derived orange azo dye with a pH-dependent maximum absorption at about 480 nm at pH 1 and 443 nm at pH 13, with a shoulder at 500 nm.: 463 When...
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