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The Delights of Chemistry

Posted by Hemos on from the ka-FOOM dept.

Dan Ormsby writes: "No news on this site, just great photos of chemical phenomena along with instructions on how to perform them yourself. Don't try this at home!"

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  1. Re:Google's cached site by smunt · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I think slashdot should have such a caching service too.

    *NEWS* is almost never in google's cache.

  2. Invitation... by don_carnage · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Ok, is it just me or does the "don't try this at home" statement just make it all the more tempting.

    Not to plug my own site, but we have a really cool "fire in the bottle" how-to video.

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  3. Best chemistry demonstation I've seen by NonSequor · · Score: 3, Interesting
    The best chemistry demonstration I've seen was at the end of the year in AP chemistry. My teacher put magnesium filings in between two slabs of dry ice and lit them. So the magnesium was burning in carbon dioxide rather than oxygen. This produced an *extremely* bright light that lasted quite a while (much longer than magnesium in oxygen any way). After it was done we played with the dry ice (not many people were there since most of the people in the class were seniors and had graduation rehearsal that day).

    I also remember another demonstration in which he blew the lid of a can. I can't remember what he did then though.

    Great teacher, if it weren't for his preparation I wouldn't have been able to get a 5 on the AP Chemistry test.

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