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What is Acid–base indicator, colour-change range?

Also known as: acid--base indicator · colour-change range

Definition 45.5 School Chemistry — Grades 1 to 12 · Chapter 45 — Buffers and Predominance Diagrams

An acid–base indicator is a couple HInd\ce{HInd}/IndX−\ce{Ind-} whose two forms have different colours, used in very small amounts. Its colour-change range is the pH interval over which the colour is seen to change, roughly pKa−1pK_a - 1 to pKa+1pK_a + 1: below, the colour of HInd\ce{HInd} is seen, above, that of IndX−\ce{Ind-}, and in between a mixture of the two.

Colours of four indicators against the pH; the shaded parts are the colour-change ranges. Thymol blue, with two couples, has two ranges.
Colours of four indicators against the pH; the shaded parts are the colour-change ranges. Thymol blue, with two couples, has two ranges.
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