Showing posts with label Chemistry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chemistry. Show all posts

Thursday, March 29, 2018

How to prepare thymolphthalein indicator?



👉How to prepare thymolphthalein indicator?
👉Thymolpthalein is to substitute use of phenolothalein indicator..
👉but normal VA still use methyl orange
👉It will be clear in acid and blue in alkaline. End pt will be clear. Very difficult to determine end point cos colour change is almost the same as in acid.
👉If end point is clear... doesn't it means that the solution is too acidic? 🤔 end point should be light blue right? I mean when phenolpthalein was still in use, end point was light pink
👉Juz to make sure... this is something new
👉Yes light blue. at least better than methyl orange... orange to reddish orange almost cannot tell


👆This morning really hard to see from red to orange
👉Must compare side by side then can see the difference😂
👉The red is too acidic 😂 should be closer to orange
👉Juz 1 drop only make a huge difference
👉Methyl orange is juz plain poor pH indicator. Can understand why MOE needed a better indicator 😂
👉Then without realising turn yellow😂
👉some teachers prefer screen methyl orange

👉where to store them?
👉Put in amber dropping bottle. Usually made fresh just for 2-3 classes.

👉How long can the indicator last?
👉Can last for a week

Friday, March 23, 2018

Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Understanding and Preventing Fire and Chemical Hazards in the Laboratory







 







 



Source: www.wshc.sg and
Source: Dr Wayne Lee Forday
School of Life Sciences and Chemical Technology
Ngee Ann Polytechnic

Thursday, January 24, 2013

Fermentation


Introduction

Beer and wine are produced by the fermentation of glucose by yeast. In this experiment, a glucose solution is left to ferment. The resulting mixture, is then tested for the presence of any fermentation products.


Apparatus
Boiling tube, Conical Flask, Delivery tube for boiling tube & conical flask, Yeast Powder, Lime Water, 10% Glucose solution

What to record
What was seen to happen to the limewater.

What to do

Lesson 1
  1. Put 5 g of glucose in the flask and dissolve it in 50 cm3 of warm water. (Becomes 10% Glucose Solution)
  2. Add 1 g of yeast to the glucose solution and plug the top with delivery tube.
  3. Wait 20 min while fermentation takes place.
  4. Remove the delivery tube and pour the invisible gas from the flask into the boiling tube with lime water. Take care not to pour any of the liquid as well.
  5. Gently swirl the lime water round the tube and observe what happens.
Lesson 2

  1. Note the smell of the solution.
Safety

Wear eye protection. Do not taste the product.

Questions

  1. What gas is present in the flask after fermentation?
  2. Yeast contains a chemical called zymase, which is an enzyme. Complete the word equation for fermentation.


             zymase
Glucose ------------>              +