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What does phenolphthalein mean?

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Noun
  1. (chemistry) A quinone derivative used as a pH indicator, and once used as a laxative
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The pink colour spreads upwards until, after about an hour, all the phenolphthalein solution is pink.
Dissolve 1 g phenolphthalein in 50 ml ethanol and add 50 ml deionised water while stirring continuously.
Turn the vial upside down and make sure that the phenolphthalein solution does not leak out of the vial.
If you tell a computer to add two drops of phenolphthalein indicator to a flask, it does not err.
The listing is based on findings from feeding studies of phenolphthalein that caused cancer in multiple organs in multiple species of experimental animals.
The spaces must be large enough for ammonia molecules to move through into the phenolphthalein solution.

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