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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.

Ampholyte
Atomic Spectra (Gas Discharge Tubes)
Balloon Heat Capacity, Thermodynamics
Balloon Racing (Comparing the Strengths of Different Acids)
Bang in a Can x
BaSO4 (Barium Sulfate) Titration
Borate Flame
Bottle Rockets x
Blue Bottle (Air Oxidation of Dextrose)
Bubble Machine
Buffers
B-Z Oscillating Reaction (Cerium Catalyzed)
CA (California) Snowball
Cartesian Diver
Chalk Bubbles
Change in Volume, H-Bonding (Ethanol and Water)
Change in Volume, Heat of Neutralization
Clean Coins with Vinegar
Cleaning Silverware – Electrochemical Reaction
Collapsing Can
Colors of Copper (Cu)
Conductivity of Electrolytes
Dehydration of Sugar (Black Foam)
Density—Will it Float? (Diet v. Regular Soda)
Electroplating (Silver over Copper)
Elephant Toothpaste
Endothermic Reaction—Freeze a Beaker to a Board
Equilibrium of Cobalt complexes
Equilibrium of NO2/N2O4
Equilibrium—Iron thiocyanate
Ethanol Cannon x
Exploding Balloons (H2 and O2) x
Flame Test
Five Colors from One Solution
Gas Behavior
Genie in a Bottle
Glowing Pickle
Growling Gummy Bear x ✓
Home-made/Watch Battery
Indicator Rainbow
Instant Coca-Cola
Instant Fire x ✓
Invisible Painting
Iodine Clock Reaction
Liquid Nitrogen
Magical Boiling Flask
Magnesium Burning
Magnesium/Dry Ice x ✓
Melting Point Depression
Milk of Magnesia (Common Ion Effect)
Miscibility: Hexane, Ethanol, and Water
Molar Volumes
Non-burning Towel
Nylon
Oxidation of Luminol
Oxidation States of Manganese
Paramagnetism of Liquid Oxygen
Penny (Coin) Colors—Electroplating
Rainbow Connection
Reactivity of Alkali Metals
Root Beer Solubility
Silver (Ag) Precipitates and Complexes
Silver Mirror in a Flask
Solid/Solid Reaction
Supersaturation
Traffic Light Reaction
Vinegar Cannon x
Vapor Pressure of Gas/Liquid
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)