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Burning benzene
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Here you see the burning of a mL of benzene. The flame seems rather white, but it is yellow. A lot of black smoke is produced, wich consists of, besides carbon, polyaromati...
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Decomposition of HgO
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Here we heat mercuric oxide, wich decomposes at about 500C according to the following reaction:
2 HgO -- 2 Hg + O2
Lavoisier discovered oxygen by this reaction.
Me...
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Tour of my homelab
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This is a tour of my homelab. i do my chemistry/research here.
I have a lot of different chemicals, including very toxic ones, but all in small amounts (except acids and so...
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Briggs-Rauscher oscillating reaction
chemlabchemistry
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Here the Briggs-Rauscher oscillating reaction is shown. The liquid added is a solution of about 12% hydrogen peroxide. The solution on the stir plate contains potassium io...
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Chemiluminescence of white phosphorus in the gas phase
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When a small spatula of red phosphorus is heated in a test tube, it will decompose and the other allotrope, white phosphorus, is formed. White phosphorus vapour will emit g...
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gold in aqua regia
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I was refining dental gold fillings here, consisting of 75% gold.
Not a really spectacular video, but nice to see the king of metals, gold going into solution in aqua regi...
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Sodium in chlorine gas
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This is an spectacular experiment, where sodium is heated in air until it ignites, and is the brought in pure chlorine gas.
A few small explosions ocurred at the end, maki...
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The influence of metal-ions on the rate of dissolution of aluminium
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Aluminium metal dissolves in plain hydrochloric acid, but the reaction is very slow at start (due to passivating Al2O3). Some metals greatly catalyse the rate of attack. A ...
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Copper powder in nitric acid
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A classic experiment. Dissolving copper in nitric acid. I also have a video where I dissolve a copper coin in nitric, but that is bad quality and just to show the effecienc...
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Burnign of white phosphorus
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about 50-100mg of white phosphorus is ignited with a hot glassrod.
Be careful!
Perform this experiment outside or in a fume hood.
The white phosphorus is pyrophoric and ex...
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