What Effect Does Carbon Dioxide Have on the pH Indicator BTB?

What Effect Does Carbon Dioxide Have on the pH Indicator BTB?

This text and associated interactive illustrate how blowing carbon dioxide into a solution of the pH indicator Bromothymol blue (BTB) changes the color of the pH indicator over time.

Topics

  • pH
  • proton concentration
  • solution
  • acid
  • acidity
  • pH scale
  • interactive
  • measuring
  • proton
  • pH value
  • indicator
  • pH indicator BTB
  • Bromothymol blue
  • photosynthesis
  • carbon dioxide
  • carbonic acid