Paper Title
Chemiluminescence Emission Reaction of Aldehyde with Hydrogen Peroxide and Luminol
Abstract
Chemiluminescence of aldehydes (like formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, propioaldehyde and
benzaldehyde) and hydrohen peroxide in presence and absence of luminol has been studied. Magnesium
hydroxide was chosen for solution making alkaline. The peak CL intensity initially increases with concentration,
attains an optimum valu for a particular concentration then decreases with further increases in concentration of
aldehydes. It is also observed that for all aldehydes maximum CL found for very low concentration (0.03M) of
magnesium hydroxide. The CL intensity increases drastically in presence of 0.001M luminol and reaction
becomes faster.