Question

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

Answer 1

Let's start with what bromothymol blue is.

Answer 2

bromothymol blue is the indicator solution

Answer 3

Mhmm that turns what color if what is present?

Answer 4

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

Answer 5

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?

Answer 6

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

Answer 7

Yup yup!

Answer 8

thanks so much!

Answer 9

No problem.