­Name: Ramya Nambiar

College: CMR National PU college, ITPL Bangalore

Item observed: Erythrosine

Description:-

Erythrosine, also known as Red No. 3 is a derivative of fluorine. It is cherry pink synthetic, primarily used for food coloring.

When viewed under the foldscope I could see even the tiniest crystal. Viewing this under the foldscope gave me a much better and magnified image of every single particle that made it. It also gave me a better understanding of this chemical.