How's explain the methil orange ?

1 Answer
Mar 24, 2018

#"Methyl orange"# is a large organic molecule...a weak acid in fact...

Explanation:

..whose acidic and basic forms have different and distinct colours....and thus it is used as an acid-base indicator.

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And so it is RED at low pH, i.e. as the acid, and yellow in basic media. The colour change occurs at approx. #pH=3.5#...