What color do you expect to see when placing magnesium hydroxide into bromothymol blue?

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wolfe8 · Answer

Let's start with what bromothymol blue is.

anonymous · Answer

bromothymol blue is the indicator solution

wolfe8 · Answer

Mhmm that turns what color if what is present?

anonymous · Answer

I know it turns blue in some solutions.. and i think yellow in others but im not totally sure

wolfe8 · Answer

Alright take a look at this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bromothymol_blue So it yellow if the pH is bellow 6 and blue if above 7.6. Simplified, it's yellow with acids and blue with bases. In neutral it will turn greenish. What is magnesium hydroxide?

anonymous · Answer

I think its a base.. so it would turn blue right?

wolfe8 · Answer

Yup yup!

anonymous · Answer

thanks so much!

wolfe8 · Answer

No problem.