Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Changing colors.

Here are two identical solutions of CoCl2 in aqueous HCl, left one is at ~-20C, right one is at room temperature (~20C):As the cold solution warms up, it changes color:Until both solutions become identical close to room temperature:Pink color is due to Oh-Co(H2O)62+ complex, deep-blue - to Th-CoCl42-.

{Yoshi found the experiment and made the solutions, and I sealed the stuff in the ampules.}

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