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mageshk

mageshk

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can anyone tell why the glass bottles used to store chemcicals and medicines are brown/maroon in colour?
-magesh
 
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I believe it is to protect photosensitive materials from degrading due to exposure to light. Same goes for beer.
 
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butelja's explanation is correct. The brown color filters out a portion of the electromagnetic radiation that can degrade chemicals, polymers, etc.
 
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Everything important about chemistry I learned in the dorm room.....[bigglasses] (-:


-=Whittey=-
 
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