Wednesday, 9 October 2013

Red cabbage anyone?

Continuing their work with acids an alkalis year seven have made red cabbage indicator. 
First they ground the cabbage with hot water and then filtered it to get rid the yucky (insoluble) bits. 
Then the indicator was tested with many household substances. 
All the results were recorded
Then a range of substances were chosen so that red cabbage indicator could be compared with universal indicator solution. 
Acid > neutral > alkali
Top = universal indicator
Bottom = red cabbage indicator