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During the experiment, Triyana was given the task to make the red cabbage and turmeric pH indicator. Triyana was also responsible to write the discussion section in the report.

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The purpose of this investigation was to determine the pH value of five common household substances by using the natural pH indicators of red cabbage and turmeric.

Natural substances such as red cabbage and turmeric can be used to determine the acidity or basicity of other substance. The household substances that were used are Vinegar, Detergent, Bicarbonate Soda, Lemon Juice and Ammonia. Lemon juice and Vinegar are acids and have the pH value of 2.3 and 2.9 respectively. Detergent, bicarbonate soda and ammonia are all alkaline and have the pH value of 10.9, 8.4 and 11.9 respectively (Smith, 2009). Based on the experiment conducted and results tabulated, by using red cabbage and turmeric pH indicators, it was determined that the pH value of Lemon juice and vinegar were 1 and 2 respectively while the pH value of detergent, bicarbonate soda and ammonia were 3, 11.5 and 11.5 respectively.

Red cabbage naturally contains a pigment molecule called Anthoscyanin which is able to react in a different way to acid and base based substances (Helmenstine, n.d). This pigment causes the purple colour in red cabbage. This pigment can be altered in response to changes in its hydrogen and hydroxide concentration. Anthocyanins content in red cabbage can change colour depending on the amount of H+ and OH- present ((Helmenstine, n.d). Therefore, red cabbage is able to determine whether a substance is an acid or base. It was indicated that when the red cabbage juice is mixed with the acidic substances, pigment would change its colour toward red while when it is mixed with the basic substances, pigment would then change its colour toward greenish-yellow as shown in Table 1.

Table 1: The pH and colour change range of red cabbage pH indicator pH 2 4 6 8 10 12
Colour Red Purple Violet Blue Blue-Green Greenish Yellow
Source: Helmenstine, n.d, ‘Red Cabbage pH Indicator’, in About.com Guide, accessed 12 October 2010, from < http://chemistry.about.com/od/acidsbase1/a/red-cabbage-ph-indicator.htm>

This can be seen from the experiment that the acidic substances such as vinegar and lemon juice turned light pink and darker pink respectively after they were added with red cabbage juice. The alkaline substances such as detergent turned into light violet, bicarbonate soda light blue and ammonia light green.

According to GNI (2010), Turmeric contains up to 3% curcumin which as a polyphenol and known as C.I. 75300 or Natural Yellow 3. Similar to the pigment in red cabbage, the colour of curcumin can be altered in response to changes in its hydrogen and hydroxide concentration. The turmeric indicator changes colour between roughly a pH of 7.4 and 8.6. If turmeric is exposed to neutral or acidic substances (those with a pH of less than 7.4) it will retain its yellow colouration. However, if turmeric is exposed to more alkaline substances (those with a pH greater than 8.6) it becomes a dark pink/red (Australia’s National Science and Technology Centre, 2009). Based on the experiment conducted, substance ammonia which is alkaline and has a pH of 11.5 turned dark brownish red when turmeric pH indicator added. Bicarbonate soda which is also an alkaline only turned slightly brownish yellow because originally the pH value of it is lower compared to the pH value of ammonia. Substances such as lemon juice and vinegar, which is acids and had pH of 1 and 2 respectively, remain its yellow colouration when turmeric was added.

There were some limitations in the experiment which has resulted in certain errors being made. The turmeric used as an pH indicator is only capable of changing the colour of solution into darker brown when it is added to basic solution and retaining yellow when it is added to acidic solution. The colour change range is limited as there is no distinct colour changes occur. Therefore, it was difficult to determine the exact value of the pH of the substances using turmeric indicator. Improvement can be made in the future studies through the use of other natural pH indicator which would have more colour changes range.

Reference Lists

‘Colourful Chemistry’, in Questacon website, accessed 13 October 2010, from

Smith, J 2009, ‘pH Scale: The measurement of acidity or alkalinity of a water based solution’, in Healthier-cleaning-products web, accessed 133 October 2009, from
Gentcare Natural Ingredient (GNI), 2010, ‘Tumeric Root Extract’, in GNI Inc web, accessed 12 October 2010, from http://www.gentcare.com/EnProductShow.asp?ID=102

Helmenstine, n.d, ‘Red Cabbage pH Indicator’, in About.com Guide, accessed 12 October 2010, from < http://chemistry.about.com/od/acidsbase1/a/red-cabbage-ph-indicator.htm>

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