Eriochrome Black T
Eriochrome Black T is a complexometric indicator that is used in complexometric titrations, e.g. in the water hardness determination process. It is an azo dye. Eriochrome is a trademark of Huntsman Petrochemical, LLC.[1]
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| Preferred IUPAC name
 Sodium 1-[1-Hydroxynaphthylazo]-6-nitro-2-naphthol-4-sulfonate  | |
| Systematic IUPAC name
 Sodium 4-[2-(1-hydroxynaphthalen-2-yl)hydrazin-1-ylidene]-7-nitro-3-oxo-3,4-dihydronaphthalene-1-sulfonate  | |
| Other names
 Sodium 4-[2-(1-hydroxynaphthalen-2-yl)hydrazin-1-ylidene]-7-nitro-3-oxonaphthalene-1-sulfonate; Solochrome Black T; ET-00; Erio T  | |
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| Abbreviations | EBT | 
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| ECHA InfoCard | 100.015.683 | 
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| MeSH | Eriochrome+black+T | 
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| UN number | 2923 | 
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| Properties | |
| C20H12N3O7SNa | |
| Molar mass | 461.381 g/mol | 
| Appearance | dark red/brown powder | 
| Acidity (pKa) | 6.2, 11.55 | 
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). 
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In its deprotonated form, Eriochrome Black T is blue. It turns red when it forms a complex with calcium, magnesium, or other metal ions.

EBT is blue in a buffered solution at pH 10. It turns red when Ca2+ ions are added.
Applications
    
When used as an indicator in an EDTA titration, the characteristic blue end-point is reached when sufficient EDTA is added and the metal ions bound to the indicator are chelated by EDTA, leaving the free indicator molecule.
Eriochrome Black T has also been used to detect the presence of rare earth metals.[2]
References
    
- "Eriochrome Black T ACS reagent indicator grade 1787-61-7".
 - Dubenskaya, L. O.; Levitskaya, G. D. (1999). "Use of eriochrome black T for the polarographic determination of rare-earth metals". Journal of Analytical Chemistry. 54 (7): 655–657. ISSN 1061-9348.
 
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