{"title":"Demonstrations with Poinsettia Extract Indicator: Acid–Base Chemistry at Home During Winter Holidays","authors":"Arturo García-Zavala*, ","doi":"10.1021/acs.jchemed.3c00113","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p >Poinsettia (<i>Euphorbia pulcherrima</i>) contains anthocyanins that dissolve in water and exhibit color changes due to changing pH. This property makes the poinsettia extract a useful acid–base indicator for pH demonstrations. When combined with common household materials, this experiment can be used as an alternative low-cost tool in teaching acid–base chemistry and organic chemistry.</p>","PeriodicalId":43,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Chemical Education","volume":"100 9","pages":"3731–3738"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5000,"publicationDate":"2023-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Chemical Education","FirstCategoryId":"92","ListUrlMain":"https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jchemed.3c00113","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima) contains anthocyanins that dissolve in water and exhibit color changes due to changing pH. This property makes the poinsettia extract a useful acid–base indicator for pH demonstrations. When combined with common household materials, this experiment can be used as an alternative low-cost tool in teaching acid–base chemistry and organic chemistry.
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