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Chemistry Everyday for Everyone
Thermochromism in Commercial Products
Mary Anne White and Monique LeBlanc
Dalhousie University, Department of Chemistry, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4J3, CANADA

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September 1999
Vol. 76 No. 9
p. 1201

Abstract
Many commercial products change color with a change of temperature. How do they do it? The processes responsible for the two major categories of commercial thermochromic coloring agents are presented, along with a description of applications of thermochromic materials.
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*  Citation
White, Mary Anne; LeBlanc, Monique. J. Chem. Educ. 1999 76 1201.
*  Keywords
Demonstrations; AcidÐBase Chemistry; Chemical Information; Consumer Chemistry; Materials Science; crystal violet lactone; Public Understanding
*  History
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July 30, 1999
June 23, 2005
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