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    CHEMISTRY DEMOS

    CAUTION:

    All of the following experiments are potentially hazardous, and may only be performed by trained individuals while wearing proper attire (long pants, closed-toe/heel shoes) and full Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). Minimum PPE is an appropriate lab coat, safety glasses or splash-proof goggles, and nitrile gloves. Additional PPE might be required, depending on the hazards of the demonstration. This additional PPE will be detailed in the demo write-up.

    1. Ampholyte

    2. Atomic Spectra (Gas Discharge Tubes)

    3. Balloon Heat Capacity, Thermodynamics

    4. Balloon Racing (Comparing the Strengths of Different Acids)

    5. Bang in a Can x

    6. BaSO4 (Barium Sulfate) Titration

    7. Borate Flame

    8. Bottle Rockets x

    9. Blue Bottle (Air Oxidation of Dextrose)

    10. Bubble Machine

    11. Buffers

    12. B-Z Oscillating Reaction (Cerium Catalyzed)

    13. CA (California) Snowball

    14. Cartesian Diver

    15. Chalk Bubbles

    16. Change in Volume, H-Bonding (Ethanol and Water)

    17. Change in Volume, Heat of Neutralization

    18. Clean Coins with Vinegar

    19. Cleaning Silverware – Electrochemical Reaction

    20. Collapsing Can

    21. Colors of Copper (Cu)

    22. Conductivity of Electrolytes

    23. Dehydration of Sugar (Black Foam)

    24. Density—Will it Float? (Diet v. Regular Soda)

    25. Electroplating (Silver over Copper)

    26. Elephant Toothpaste

    27. Endothermic Reaction—Freeze a Beaker to a Board

    28. Equilibrium of Cobalt complexes

    29. Equilibrium of NO2/N2O4

    30. Equilibrium—Iron thiocyanate

    31. Ethanol Cannon x

    32. Exploding Balloons (H2 and O2) x

    33. Flame Test

    34. Five Colors from One Solution

    35. Gas Behavior

    36. Genie in a Bottle

    37. Glowing Pickle

    38. Growling Gummy Bear x

    39. Home-made/Watch Battery

    40. Indicator Rainbow

    41. Instant Coca-Cola

    42. Instant Fire x

    43. Invisible Painting

    44. Iodine Clock Reaction

    45. Liquid Nitrogen

    46. Magical Boiling Flask

    47. Magnesium Burning

    48. Magnesium/Dry Ice x

    49. Melting Point Depression

    50. Milk of Magnesia (Common Ion Effect)

    51. Miscibility: Hexane, Ethanol, and Water

    52. Molar Volumes

    53. Non-burning Towel

    54. Nylon

    55. Oxidation of Luminol

    56. Oxidation States of Manganese

    57. Paramagnetism of Liquid Oxygen

    58. Penny (Coin) Colors—Electroplating

    59. Rainbow Connection

    60. Reactivity of Alkali Metals

    61. Root Beer Solubility

    62. Silver (Ag) Precipitates and Complexes

    63. Silver Mirror in a Flask

    64. Solid/Solid Reaction

    65. Supersaturation

    66. Traffic Light Reaction

    67. Vinegar Cannon x

    68. Vapor Pressure of Gas/Liquid

    69. Water/Buffer Capacity with Dry Ice

    x Demo should be done outside with fire permit. (Fire permit needs 72hrs to process)

    Can be performed indoors but would require ventilation (down draft table)


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