Figure 10. Reductive cleavage of azorubine in Powerade Wild Cherry using a fabric colour remover containing sodium dithionite. Left: Powerade Wild Cherry, middle: after addition of the colour remover, right: the bottle from the middle under UV light. (Photographs: Ducci)

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Fascinating school experiments with fluorescent dyes

Matthias Ducci

World Journal of Chemical Education. 2023, 11(3), 74-79 doi:10.12691/wjce-11-3-9