SWOSU Day 30: Dye Bleaching

Hi guys, Michael here. It’s been an extremely busy week, so this will be a short blog. The course load is getting heavier, and most of my time today was spent on experiments, characterization, data analysis, and paper writing.

We finally had a chance to work on the bleaching experiment, which tests our metal complex’s ability to activate hydrogen peroxide to destroy double bonds for discoloration.

Characterization is incredibly cool (maybe…). We got a chance to use lots of different equipment, including UV-vis, cyclic voltammetry, and a magnetic susceptibility balance. BUT, my favorite is still looking at the crystal.