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blue bottle experiment

blue bottle experiment proper noun: a chemical reaction in which an aqueous solution containing glucose, sodium hydroxide and methylene blue turns from colourless to blue upon shaking and then loses its colour after a while. With further shaking, the cycle can be repeated several times.

Proper noun

blue bottle experiment

  1. A chemical reaction in which an aqueous solution containing glucose, sodium hydroxide and methylene blue turns from colourless to blue upon shaking and then loses its colour after a while. With further shaking, the cycle can be repeated several times.

Questions about blue bottle experiment

What does blue bottle experiment mean?
Blue bottle experiment means a chemical reaction in which an aqueous solution containing glucose, sodium hydroxide and methylene blue turns from colourless to blue upon shaking and then loses its colour after a while. With further shaking, the cycle can be repeated several times.
What part of speech is blue bottle experiment?
Blue bottle experiment is a proper noun.

Words near blue bottle experiment in the dictionary

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