Thermo Scientific Chemicals Bromocresol Green sodium salt

Description

Bromocresol Green sodium salt is used as a pH indicator. It is a pH sensitive triphenylmethane dye useful in various colorimetric detection studies and as an activity tracking dye for DNA agarose gel electrophoresis. It is also used in TLC (thin-layer chromatography) for visualizing compounds containing functional groups having pKa less than 5.

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Applications
Bromocresol Green sodium salt is used as a pH indicator. It is a pH sensitive triphenylmethane dye useful in various colorimetric detection studies and as an activity tracking dye for DNA agarose gel electrophoresis. It is also used in TLC (thin-layer chromatography) for visualizing compounds containing functional groups having pKa less than 5.

Solubility
Soluble in water and ethanol.

Notes
Transition interval: pH 3.8 (yellow) to pH 5.4 (blue)Incompatible with strong oxidizing agents.