Chemistry GCSE

Decolourised

What Decolourised means in Chemistry GCSE, as defined for AQA.

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Describes the change in which an alkene turns bromine water from orange to colourless, because bromine adds across the C=C double bond.

AQA · Cracking and alkenes (study guide)

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