In this video, I'll be recreating the popular demonstration called the Chemical Traffic Light Reaction.

Note: I made a mistake in the video. I said the carbonate solution would have a pH around 89, but it would actually be closer to 1112. I was thinking of sodium bicarbonate when I said that.

References:
• Blue bottle demo:    • The Blue Bottle Experiment  
• Indigo Carmine prep:    • Making the dye in jeans edible  
• BelousovZhabotinsky:    • Recreating one of the weirdest reactions  
• BriggsRauscher:    • Recreating the BriggsRauscher oscill...  


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