A new formulation is reported for the Blue Bottle demonstration. The new formulation uses methylene blue and O 2 as in the classical Blue Bottle, but ascorbic acid replaces glucose. Instead of half-molar KOH, the solution has a pH of 3. Copper serves as the catalyst.
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Wellman et al. (2003) studied this question.