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Offline Obowles

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Chemicals that change colour through oxidation
« on: October 07, 2012, 04:02:58 PM »
Hello

I'm new here and needed some expert advice, i need for example, if i had a sealed bottle of liquid and it was clear in colour then when i opened the bottle the liquid would change colour due to oxidation. what chemicals would i need to make this happen??

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Re: Chemicals that change colour through oxidation
« Reply #1 on: October 08, 2012, 01:04:35 AM »
The question is what kind of liquid is in the bottle, a lot of organic compounds have that behavior, like Amines and unsaturated compounds. The oxygen in the air will oxidize it.

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Re: Chemicals that change colour through oxidation
« Reply #2 on: November 07, 2012, 02:51:04 PM »
Most vat dyes would fulfill the brief, for example a solution of leuco-indigo.  It's not going to be spectacularly fast though.

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Re: Chemicals that change colour through oxidation
« Reply #3 on: December 02, 2012, 04:26:53 AM »
I use a number of chemicals that do this but very slowly.  For example one very common one is Ferric ammonium citrate and Potassium ferricyanide mixed, green to light or deep blue; but how fast do you need it to change.  Ferrous chloride also does this but again very slowly - bright lime green to dark green brown, (days). 
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