Chemistry Information
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Laboratory and Industrial Acids and Bases: This is an Adobe Acrobat PDF file of information on the typical, liquid, laboratory and industrial acids and bases such as sulfuric acid, ammonium hydroxide, hydrochloric acid and more.
Biodiesel for the Home Experimenter: This includes the chemicals, equipment and methods needed to experiment with the making of biodiesel from waste vegetable oils and greases. The techniques described have been used by many of our customers some of whom have gone on to actual commercial production of biodiesel.
Burning Manesium in Carbon Dioxide (Dry Ice): This is a demonstration that shows that carbon dioxide will support the combustion of highly reactive metals such as magnesium.
Detonation of Nitrogen Triiodide - An Endothermic Explosion: This is a demonstration of an endothermic reaction in which a highly unstable compound, nitrogen triiodide, is preparred, dried and detonated.
Growing Chrome Alum or Mixed Alum Crystals: This includes recipes and instructions for making the solutions needed to grow the beautiful octahedral alum crystals
Making Flash Paper - The Nitration of Cellulose: This is a relatively simple laboratory preparation of "flash paper" (nitrocellulose).
Saltpeter & Sugar Solid Rocket Propellant: This is the recipe for making a low impulse solid fuel rock mixture for driving model rockets.
Supersaturated Sodium Acetate Solution (Hot Ice Demonstration): This is a dramatic effect that shows the effects of rapid crystallization from a supersaturated solution.
Zinc Dust & Sulfur - Model Rocket Fuel: This is a straightforward formula for the old-fashion zinc dust and sulfur model rocket fuel.
Science Experiments from the World Wide Web:
"Chemiluminescence - Cool Light"
"Double Replacement Reactions"
"Fun with Ice: Really Cool Experiments"
"Old Nassau (Haloween) Reaction"
"Reaction of Potassium Metal with Bromine"