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Fire and Ice! Flaming Ice Demonstration
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Calcium carbide reacts with water to form acetylene gas. This gas is highly flammable and often used in welding and cutting torches.
In this demo, ice is added to calcium ...
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Sodium and Water Demonstration: Large 100g Samples!
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DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!
Classic chemistry demonstration, sodium is added to water. The reaction between Sodium and water forms Sodium Hydroxide and flammable Hydrogen g...
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Home Experiment: Flying Tea Bag
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BE CAREFUL WHERE YOU TRY THIS! PERFORM WITH ADULT SUPERVISION.
Warm air rises. When the tea bag is burned, it fills with warm air. When the warm air rises it carries the...
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Home Experiment: Newton's First Law/Law of Inertia
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This is a variation of the classic pulling out the table cloth experiment. The pen cap can be substituted for anything small enough to fit inside of the bottle's neck. If y...
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Home Experiment: Stacking Liquids
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An easy home experiment; create a tower of liquids. The liquids near the bottom are more dense while the objects on top are less dense. This can also be used to determine t...
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Chemiluminescence: Luminol
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Chemiluminescence of luminol. Two solutions are combined, the first solution contains luminol and sodium hydroxide. The second solution is 0.03% Hydrogen peroxide and potas...
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Underwater Fireworks: Sparklers
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Sparklers contain oxidizers. As a result, they are able to burn even when they are placed in an environment where oxygen is absent.
Oxygen for the reaction is provided b...
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"Cool" Reaction: Ammonium Thiocyanate and Barium Hydroxide Octahydrate
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The reaction between ammonium thiocyanate and barium hydroxide octahydrate is endothermic. It absorbs heat from the surroundings. As a result, the temperature of this react...
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Combustion: Whoosh Bottle Demonstration
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Whoosh bottle demonstration. Combustion of alchohols. Different alcohols are put into a large water bottle and ignited. This video compares the results from multiple differ...
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Van de Graaff Demonstrations
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This is a collection of experiments using a Van de Graaff generator.
The generator uses a belt and two rollers to build up a charge in the dome on top. The electrons wi...
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