The equilibrium constant for bromothymol blue: A general chemistry laboratory experiment using spectroscopy

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 637-639

  Klotz, Elsbeth ^a   Doyle, Robert ^a   Gross, Erin ^a   Mattson, Bruce ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acids Bases; Dyes Pigments; Equilibrium; First Year Undergraduate General; Green Chemistry; Hands On Learning Manipulatives; Laboratory Instruction; Physical Chemistry; UV Vis Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954544546     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed1007102     Document Type: Article

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