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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 2003  > May  >
In the Classroom
Tested Demonstrations
Greening the Blue Bottle
submitted by: Whitney E. Wellman and Mark E. Noble
Department of Chemistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292

checked by: Tom Healy
Department of Chemistry, Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA 19530

Cover
May 2003
Vol. 80 No. 5
p. 537
Abstract
A new formulation is reported for the Blue Bottle demonstration. The new formulation uses methylene blue and O2 as in the classical Blue Bottle, but ascorbic acid replaces glucose. Instead of half-molar KOH, the solution has a pH of 3. Copper serves as the catalyst.

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*  Citation
 Wellman, Whitney E.; Noble, Mark E. J. Chem. Educ. 2003 80 537.
*  Keywords
 Demonstrations; Green Chemistry; Kinetics; Redox Reactions; General Chemistry; Introductory / High School Chemistry; Aqueous Solution Chemistry; Consumer Chemistry; Dyes / Pigments
*  History
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Last Updated:		 March 28, 2003
February 28, 2005
Link to Cover added (April 2004). Link to Featured Molecules added (April 2004).
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