What is methyorange and is it a pure substance or a mixture?
1 Answer
Sep 22, 2015
It's an organic compound used as an acid-base indicator; it's a pure substance.
Explanation:
Methyl orange is an organic compound of formula
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It's useful because it's a compound that has different colours depending on the pH. So a drop or two be used as an indicator in acid-base titrations as an excess of acid causes the reaction: