Fundamental thermochromic properties of buffered pH-indicator solutions and the formulation of 'athermochromic' systems

Autor: Dean G. Hafeman, Luc J. Bousse, Kimberly L. Crawford
Rok vydání: 1993
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Zdroj: The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 97:3058-3066
ISSN: 1541-5740
0022-3654
DOI: 10.1021/j100114a037
Popis: A thermodynamic basis is derived and experimentally verified for predicting the temperature-dependent spectral changes in solutions containing a pH indicator and any number of pH-buffering components. Absorbance by the acidic and basic species of the pH indicator is measured at two different wavelengths. A plot of the logarithm of the ratio of absorbances at the two wavelengths vs reciprocal temperature is a straight line with slope that varies with solution composition. The slope is used as a thermochromicity parameter to determine proton dissociation enthalpy of pH indicators and pH buffers and to calibrate solutions in «optical thermometers»
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