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Blue Bottle Reaction (aka Signal Light Reaction)

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Uploaded by on Apr 20, 2007

A reaction demo set up for high school. The added indicators show a change in pH as oxygen leaves the solution. Oxygen is introduced during shaking.

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Uploader Comments (michaelfreudiger)

  • co0l what indicat0r was that?

  • scroll down to my first comment

  • are there any uses for this other the being cool and can u drink this cus it would be cool to drink it and wile u drink it it changes color that would be cool

  • i dont know if the KOH is safe to drink, but everything else is. also, i should add that it took some experimentation to get the right ratio of indicators, so that one does not overpower the other one at certain pH's.

  • youtube wouldnt let me put this in the description for some reason, so i will just put it here: this is what I used:

    8 grams KOH

    10 grams dextrose

    15 drops indigo carmine

    8 drops methylene blue

    all into 500 ml H2O

    After shaking, colors go from blue -> green -> yellow -> red.

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  • what is the procedure?

  • it's a very cool experiment.

    but DON'T ever drink a solution that contains KOH! It would cause serious damage to your body, cause it's caustic!

  • right on

    its called fume hood by the way

  • As can be noted from the OH part, this is a strong base, drinking it could be the death of you.

    You shouldn't even handle it outside of a special vented laboratory chamber (acid cabinet we call it here, not sure what the proper English term is).

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