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Demos List

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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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