RESULTS AND DISCUSSION meter.

For the value of [H+], the formula [H+]=

After the conducting the experiment, the table of 10-n was used.
results are as follow: For the results of Colorimetric
Determination of pH, different acid-base
Table 1. Results for Electrometric Determination indicators were used such as thymol blue,
of pH bromophenol blue, bromocresol green,
Samples pH [H+] bromocresol purple, phenol red, methyl red,
Distilled 7.0 1.0x10-7 methyl orange, and phenolphthalein.
Water Thymol blue resulted to light brown,
Assigned 12.0 1.0x10-12 light yellow, yellow, yellow, yellow, yellow, and
Sample blue colors upon contact to buffer solutions with
Buffer 11.2 6.31x10-12 pH at 2.0, 3.0, 5.0, 7.0, 7.5, 8.0, and 12.0
Prepared respectively.
At pH 2.0, 3.0, 5.0, 7.0, 7.5, 8.0, and
Table 2. Results for Colorimetric Determination 12.0, bromophenol blue showed yellow, yellow
of pH green, purple, indigo, light violet, indigo, and
indicato pH pH pH pH pH pH pH violet colors respectively.
r 2.0 3.0 5.0 7.0 7.5 8.0 12.0 Bromocresol green was applied to buffer
thymol lig light yel yel yel yel blue
hgt solutions with pH at 2.0, 3.0, 5.0, 7.0, 7.5, 8.0,
blue yello lo lo lo lo
bro w w w w w and 12.0, which resulted to yellow, light yellow,
wn blue, blue, blue, blue, and blue colors
bromop yel yello pu in lig in viole
henol lo w rpl di ht di t respectively.
blue w green e go vi go Bromocresol purple resulted yellow,
o yellow, yellow, purple, violet, violet, and violet
let colors upon contact to buffer solutions with pH
bromoc yel light bl bl bl bl blue
resol lo yello ue ue ue ue
at 2.0, 3.0, 5.0, 7.0, 7.5, 8.0, and 12.0
green w w respectively.
bromoc yel yello yel pu vi vi viole At pH 2.0, 3.0, 5.0, 7.0, 7.5, 8.0, and
resol lo w lo rpl ole ole t 12.0, phenol red showed yellow, yellow, yellow,
purple w w e t t
phenol yel yello yel pe lig pi pink
peach, light red, pink, and pink colors
red lo w lo ac ht nk respectively.
w w h re Methyl red was applied to buffer
d solutions with pH at 2.0, 3.0, 5.0, 7.0, 7.5, 8.0,
methyl pi pink pi yel lig yel yello
red nk nk lo ht lo w
and 12.0, which resulted to pink, pink, pink,
w yel w yellow, light yellow, yellow, and yellow colors
lo respectively.
w Methyl orange resulted red, red orange,
methyl re red or or or or oran
orange, orange, orange, orange, and orange
orange d oran an an an an ge
ge ge ge ge ge colors upon contact to buffer solutions with pH
phenolp col color col col col lig pink at 2.0, 3.0, 5.0, 7.0, 7.5, 8.0, and 12.0
hthalein orl less orl orl orl ht respectively.
ess ess ess ess pi
At pH 2.0, 3.0, 5.0, 7.0, 7.5, 8.0, and
nk
12.0, phenolphthalein showed colorless,
colorless, colorless, colorless, colorless, light
In Electrometric Determination of pH,
pink, and pink colors respectively.
the pH of the solution was found out using a pH
Colorimetric determination of pH use
pH-dependentcolor changes of specific organic
pigments, so-called color indicators. This
property of an acid-base indicator can therefore
be used to identify different substances by
narrowing their pH range. The pH value is
estimated by means of a visual comparison of
the color against a color scale.
This property of an acid-base indicator
can therefore be used to identify different
substances by narrowing their pH range. For
example: Using Phenolphthalein as an acid-base
indicator, a solution turned pink. By such
observation, one can say that the pH of the
solution is 12.0.
However, the area of application for
optical pH measurement is very limited. If the
solution to be measured is cloudy or has an
inherent color, the measurements will be
unreliable. Some measurement solutions also
contain chemical bonds which destroy the color
indicators through oxidation or reduction and
produce incorrect results.