Science Hideout Demonstrates Luminol

Today ScienceHideout will show a demonstration on chemiluminecence- or a reaction when chemicals glow (and no, it is not radioactive). We will be using 3-aminophthalhydrazide, or luminol, as our reaction agent, and potassium ferricyanide as a catalyst that makes it glow. Not to forget hydrogen peroxide and sodium hydroxide which set the reaction.

What I am doing:
I have 40 mL of water in both the beaker and the flask.
The liquid I add into the beaker is a few mL of 4% sodium hydroxide.
The powder being put in the beaker is luminol.
I add a few mL of hydrogen peroxide to the flask.
The red powder I added (only a small amount!) was potassium ferricyanide.
I then turn the lights of and mix these.

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@mewrox99

I believe it is 5%.

[mewrox99]

I'm doing my science fair project on luminol and which oxidants give the most light.

Are you using pure luminol or the 5% stuff