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Blue precipitation – Color reaction where the solvent polarity changes in a thermochromic three‐component mixture

Jonas, Albert (2021). Blue precipitation – Color reaction where the solvent polarity changes in a thermochromic three‐component mixture. CHEMKON, 28 (8), pp. 349-352. 10.1002/ckon.202000071

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Thermochromicmixturesare designed in awaythat acolor former is reversibly or irreversibly convertedfrom acolorless to acolored statewhencombinedwithadeveloper underthe influenceofheat. In asimpleexperi-ment,the influenceofsolvent polarity on thecolor beha-vior of thermochromicmixtures is shown. In anon-polarsolvent, thecolor former is separatedfromasolidphase ofthedeveloper.Whenapolarsolvent is added, thedevel-oper dissolvesand is transferredtothe liquid phaseofthecolorformer, creating thecolored compound that is stabili-zedinthe polarphase.Further addition of polarsolventleadstodiscolorationsincethe developerismoresolubleinthesolvent mixture. Therefore, themetastabledye-devel-oper complexdissociates,and themixture gets colorlessagain. This aestheticexperimentprovides amotivatingin-troduction to thesubject of thermochromicmixtures.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

PHBern Contributor:

Jonas, Albert, Rubner, Isabel, Oetken, Marco

ISSN:

0944-5846

Language:

German

Submitter:

Albert Jonas

Date Deposited:

22 Feb 2024 10:22

Last Modified:

23 Feb 2024 22:51

Publisher DOI:

10.1002/ckon.202000071

PHBern DOI:

10.57694/7305

URI:

https://phrepo.phbern.ch/id/eprint/7305

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