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CH 301: Principles of Chemistry I
CH 301: Principles of Chemistry I
Acetylene Cannon
Acetylene Cannon
Using a small amount of calcium carbide and water, we are able to demonstrate an explosive reaction – all while indulging our inner pyromaniac!
Course: CH 301 | CH 320M
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**Note: Prior to conducting this demonstration, it is imperative that the building manager(s) and UTPD be notified of a potential loud noise.
Additive Volumes
Additive Volumes
Watch how two liquids having similar intermolecular forces can make their total volume shrink! In this demo, ethanol and water serve as excellent examples due to both exhibiting hydrogen bonding.
Course: CH 302 | CH 353
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Alcohol Cannons (Whoosh Bottles)
Alcohol Cannons (Whoosh Bottles)
Explore limiting reactants, activation energies, and combustion with the bright and exciting alcohol cannon demonstration.
Course: CH 301 | CH 320M
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Alkali Metals in Water: Sodium & Potassium
Alkali Metals in Water: Sodium & Potassium
Alkali metals react vigorously with water. Compare the reactivities of sodium and potassium metal and explore similarities & differences within a reactivity series with this spectacular demonstration.
Course: CH 301
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Atomic Emission Spectra: Gas Discharge Lamps/Plasma Tubes
Explain the ranges of unique and colorful emissions of atoms and compounds using plasma tubes and Tesla coils. Ever seen a neon sign?
Course: CH 301
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Boyle's Law: Balloon in a Vacuum
Boyle's Law: Balloon in a Vacuum
Observe the inverse relationship between pressure and volume with this demo! By decreasing the internal pressure of air inside a balloon within a vacuum chamber, you can watch the relationship described by Boyle with your own eyes.
Course: CH 301
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Boyle's Law: Collapsing Can
Boyle's Law: Collapsing Can
Observe the inverse relationship between pressure and volume with this implosive demo! By rapidly decreasing the internal pressure of water vapor inside an aluminum soda can, you can watch the relationship described by Boyle with your own eyes.
Course: CH 301
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Charles' Law: Balloon Animals in Liquid Nitrogen
Charles' Law: Balloon Animals in Liquid Nitrogen
Observe the various levels of shrinkage a balloon undergoes when submerged in liquid nitrogen and discover how pressure and temperature relate in the context of gasses.
Course: CH 301
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CO2 Pop Top
CO2 Pop Top
Be careful where you aim this exciting and explosive dry ice demo – in the wise words of ‘The Old Man’ from A Christmas Story, “you’ll shoot your eye out, kid!”
Course: CH 301
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Elephant's Toothpaste
Elephant's Toothpaste
Create a foamy monstrosity worthy of any elephant’s teeth! Watch as hydrogen peroxide undergoes catalytic decomposition in the presence of food coloring and dish soap.
Course: CH 301| CH 302
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Temperature Variation Protocols:
Exploding Pumpkin
Exploding Pumpkin
Using a small amount of calcium carbide and water, we are able to demonstrate an explosive reaction – all while indulging our inner pyromaniac!
Course: CH 301 | CH 320M
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**Note: Prior to conducting this demonstration, it is imperative that the building manager(s) and UTPD be notified of a potential loud noise.
Fire-Breathing Dragon
Fire-Breathing Dragon
Breathing fire has never been more scientific.
Course: CH 301
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Fireworks Balloons
Fireworks Balloons
Hydrogen balloons are an explosive spectacle of energy and color! Students will be amazed by the fantastic colors of inorganic salts and the bold detonation of hydrogen gas.
Course: CH 301
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Flame Tests
Flame Tests
Observe a variety of vibrant colors when lighting different metal salts on fire!
Course: CH 301
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Frozen Beaker: Barium Hydroxide & Ammonium Chloride
Frozen Beaker: Barium Hydroxide & Ammonium Chloride
In this demo, a beaker is frozen to a block of wood with nothing but a chemical reaction! This is a great way to show off the real world capabilities of endothermic reactions.
Course: CH 301
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Gas Density: Helium vs. Argon
Gas Density: Helium vs. Argon
Compare the densities of two noble gasses using balloons of helium and argon.
Course: CH 301
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Genie in a Bottle: The Decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide by Manganese Catalysts
Genie in a Bottle: The Decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide by Manganese Catalysts
Watch the exothermic decomposition of hydrogen peroxide by a catalyst, manganese(III) oxide.
Course: CH 301 | CH 302
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Gummy Bear Combustion
Gummy Bear Combustion
Most candies are absolutely packed with sugar – and gummy bears are no exception. While it may cause cavities, this sugar can also be explosively combusted to showcase all of the energy gummy bears contain!
Course: CH 301 | CH 302
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Heat and Work
Heat and Work
Observe the differences between positive and negative heat and work through two contrasting experiments.
Course: CH 301
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IMFs: Bending Liquids
IMFs: Bending Liquids
Demonstrate the behaviors of polar and nonpolar liquids using static electricity.
Course: CH 301
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IMFs: Polarity on Wax Paper
IMFs: Polarity on Wax Paper
Three different liquids are slowly pipetted onto wax paper. The liquids will bead on the paper differently depending on their intermolecular forces.
Course: CH 301
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IMFs: Viscosity Marble Race
IMFs: Viscosity Marble Race
A fun demonstration of intermolecular forces. See how liquids of various viscosities can affect the movement of glass marbles of equal weight and size. Which will win?
Course: CH 301
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Immiscible Liquids
Immiscible Liquids
In this experiment, we will observe two liquids that are immiscible. Due to differing intermolecular forces and the properties they bestow upon a substance, they can’t mix together!
Course: CH 302
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Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream
Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream
Enjoy a frozen treat – made with liquid nitrogen!
Course: CH 301 | CH 302
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Magnesium Burn in Dry Ice
Magnesium Burn in Dry Ice
This is a demonstration of the ability of certain chemicals to react in very similar ways under different conditions. Not all chemicals demonstrate this property!
Course: CH 301 | CH 302
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Methane Bubbles
Methane Bubbles
Methane gas is bubbled through soapy water to make ‘methane bubbles’. Light the bubbles in your hands for a flashy, fiery, spectacle of combustion!
Course: CH 301
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The Patronus
The Patronus
Create an ethereal flame by igniting the gas produced in the reaction of aluminum and hydrochloric acid.
Course: CH 301 | CH 302
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Ping Pong Party
Ping Pong Party
With the pressurized power of liquid nitrogen’s rapid evaporation, 1,500 ping pong balls can be launched across an incredibly large radius!
Course: CH 301
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**Note: Prior to conducting this demonstration, it is imperative that the building manager(s) and UTPD to notify of a potential loud noise.
The Salt Lick: The Reaction of Sodium and Chlorine
The Salt Lick: The Reaction of Sodium and Chlorine
Observe the brilliant reaction of elemental sodium and chlorine gas combined to form table salt, producing a bright, glowing light..
This demonstrations works with sodium metal and chlorine gas and must be performed in a fume hood.
Course: CH 302
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Scotch Tape
Scotch Tape
Experience the fascinating effects of static electricity as scotch tape demonstrates the attraction and repulsion of charges.
Course: CH 301
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Stoichiometry Balloons
Stoichiometry Balloons
Experience the dramatic differences in combustion as balloons filled with varying ratios of hydrogen and oxygen demonstrate the principles of stoichiometry in explosive fashion!
Course: CH 301 | CH 302 | CH 320M
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Thundercloud
Thundercloud
Watch as boiling water meets liquid nitrogen, creating a spectacular thundercloud of billowing vapor in an instant!
Course: CH 301 | CH 302
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UV Beads
UV Beads
Using UV-sensitive beads, watch the importance of using sunscreen in real time! In this demonstration, compare the color change of UV beads exposed to UV-blacklight with and without sunscreen.
Course: CH 301
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Vacuum Pump Boiling Point
Vacuum Pump Boiling Point
Water can be forced to boil at room temperature. This is achieved through creating a low pressure system.
Course: CH 302
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Preparer's Protocol
Vomiting Pumpkin
Vomiting Pumpkin
Create a foamy monstrosity from the mouth of a pumpkin! Watch as hydrogen peroxide undergoes catalytic decomposition in the presence of food coloring and dish soap.
Course: CH 302
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CH 302: Principles of Chemistry II
CH 302: Principles of Chemistry II
Activity Series
Activity Series
Wires of different metals are placed into various metal ion solutions to observe whether a reaction (such as metal displacement) occurs, illustrating each metal’s relative position on the activity series.
Course: CH 302
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Additive Volumes
Additive Volumes
Watch how two liquids having similar intermolecular forces can make their total volume shrink! In this demo, ethanol and water serve as excellent examples due to both exhibiting hydrogen bonding.
Course: CH 301 | CH 302 | CH 353
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Breath and Base Reaction
Breath and Base Reaction
In this demonstration, blowing through a straw into a basic solution containing an indicator causes the carbon dioxide from your breath to acidify the solution, resulting in a visible color change.
Course: CH 302
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Buffer Capacity
Buffer Capacity
Compare the buffer capacities of different solutions using acetic acid and sodium acetate!
Course: CH 302
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Cobalt Complexes
Cobalt Complexes
Changes in temperature produce colorful shifts in equilibrium between two cobalt complex species.
Course: CH 301 | CH 302 | CH 431
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Common Ion Effect
Common Ion Effect
Watch as three acids bubble up at strikingly different rates, dramatically revealing the common ion effect in action.
Course: CH 302
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Conductivity of Strong & Weak Acids
Conductivity of Strong & Weak Acids
With just a light bulb and a carefully crafted electrode, we can visually differentiate the degree of dissociation in strong and weak acids.
Course: CH 302 | CH 376K
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Disappearing Aluminum Rod
Disappearing Aluminum Rod
In proper paradoxical form, watch how an entire rod of aluminum foil appears to disappear, dissolving in a solution of copper (II) chloride!
Course: CH 302
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Electrochemistry: Silver Plating
Electrochemistry: Silver Plating
Elemental silver crystals form a beautiful coating onto a copper wire. Bend your copper wire into fun shapes and watch it grow using this electrochemical plating technique.
Course: CH 302
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Elephant's Toothpaste
Elephant's Toothpaste
Create a foamy monstrosity worthy of any elephant’s teeth! Watch as hydrogen peroxide undergoes catalytic decomposition in the presence of food coloring and dish soap.
Course: CH 301| CH 302
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Temperature Variation Protocols:
Galvanic Cell
Galvanic Cell
The construction of an electrochemical cell has many practical functions in a world of electricity. This demonstration constructs a basic zinc-copper cell.
Course: CH 302
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Genie in a Bottle: The Decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide by Manganese Catalysts
Genie in a Bottle: The Decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide by Manganese Catalysts
Watch the exothermic decomposition of hydrogen peroxide by a catalyst, manganese(III) oxide.
Course: CH 301 | CH 302
Protocols:
Gummy Bear Combustion
Gummy Bear Combustion
Most candies are absolutely packed with sugar – and gummy bears are no exception. While it may cause cavities, this sugar can also be explosively combusted to showcase all of the energy gummy bears contain!
Course: CH 301 | CH 302
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Kitchen Chemistry: Gummy Worms (Alginate Worms)
Kitchen Chemistry: Gummy Worms (Alginate Worms)
Make your very own gummy worms! Using a polysaccharide extracted from brown seaweed, witness the unique chemical properties of sodium alginate, particularly its ability to undergo ionic cross-linking in the presence of divalent cations like calcium!
Course: CH 302
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Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream
Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream
Enjoy a frozen treat – made with liquid nitrogen!
Course: CH 301 | CH 302
Protocols:
Magnesium Burn in Dry Ice
Magnesium Burn in Dry Ice
This is a demonstration of the ability of certain chemicals to react in very similar ways under different conditions. Not all chemicals demonstrate this property!
Course: CH 301 | CH 302
Protocols:
Nylon-6, 10
Nylon-6, 10
A long string of nylon is polymerized from two immiscible solutions.
Course: CH 302 | CH 320M
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Oscillating Clock: Briggs-Rauscher Reaction
Oscillating Clock: Briggs-Rauscher Reaction
This oscillating reaction is a great demonstration of competing equilibrium and kinetic concepts. The sequence of color repeats with a period of approximately 15 seconds at 25 ºC.
Course: CH 302
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Osmotic Egg
Osmotic Egg
Osmosis can be easily demonstrated using a chicken egg and its semipermeable membrane. In this case, water will cause the egg to change color if the water is dyed.
(This demonstration requires an advanced notice of 7 days minimum.)
Course: CH 302
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The Patronus
The Patronus
Create an ethereal flame by igniting the gas produced in the reaction of aluminum and hydrochloric acid.
Course: CH 301 | CH 302
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Precipitation: Lead Nitrate & Potassium Iodide
Precipitation: Lead Nitrate & Potassium Iodide
Aqueous solutions of potassium iodide and lead nitrate are used to form a yellow precipitate. This demonstration can also be used to explain limiting reagent.
Course: CH 302
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Stoichiometry Balloons
Stoichiometry Balloons
Experience the dramatic differences in combustion as balloons filled with varying ratios of hydrogen and oxygen demonstrate the principles of stoichiometry in explosive fashion!
Course: CH 301 | CH 302 | CH 320M
Protocols:
Thundercloud
Thundercloud
Watch as boiling water meets liquid nitrogen, creating a spectacular thundercloud of billowing vapor in an instant!
Course: CH 301 | CH 302
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Triple Point of Nitrogen
Triple Point of Nitrogen
The triple point of a given element can be defined as the exact temperature and pressure at which all three phases of matter can exist – at the same time! In this case, the triple point of nitrogen is achieved.
Course: CH 302
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Universal Indicator and Dry Ice
Universal Indicator and Dry Ice
Sublimation, dry ice, colors, and bubbles! This demo is a quick and fantastic demonstration of physical changes, pH, and what rising CO2 can do to our oceans!
Course: CH 302
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Universal Indicator Rainbow
Universal Indicator Rainbow
This rainbow-in-a-cylinder is a colorful display of density, pH, and indicators.
Course: CH 302
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CH 320M: Principles of Organic Chemistry I
CH 320M: Principles of Organic Chemistry I
Acetylene Cannon
Acetylene Cannon
Using a small amount of calcium carbide and water, we are able to demonstrate an explosive reaction – all while indulging our inner pyromaniac!
Course: CH 301 | CH 320M
Protocols:
**Note: Prior to conducting this demonstration, it is imperative that the building manager(s) and UTPD be notified of a potential loud noise.
Alcohol Cannons (Whoosh Bottles)
Alcohol Cannons (Whoosh Bottles)
Explore limiting reactants, activation energies, and combustion with the bright and exciting alcohol cannon demonstration.
Course: CH 301 | CH 320M
Protocols:
Exploding Pumpkin
Exploding Pumpkin
Using a small amount of calcium carbide and water, we are able to demonstrate an explosive reaction – all while indulging our inner pyromaniac!
Course: CH 301 | CH 320M
Protocols:
**Note: Prior to conducting this demonstration, it is imperative that the building manager(s) and UTPD be notified of a potential loud noise.
Nylon-6, 10
Nylon-6, 10
A long string of nylon is polymerized from two immiscible solutions.
Course: CH 302 | CH 320M
Protocols:
Stoichiometry Balloons
Stoichiometry Balloons
Experience the dramatic differences in combustion as balloons filled with varying ratios of hydrogen and oxygen demonstrate the principles of stoichiometry in explosive fashion!
Course: CH 301 | CH 302 | CH 320M
Protocols:
CH 320N: Principles of Organic Chemistry II
CH 320N: Principles of Organic Chemistry II
Luminol
Luminol
Explore oxidation via this illuminating experiment. Luminol glows in the dark when oxidized - a process called chemiluminescence.
Course: CH 320N
Protocols:
CH 353: Physical Chemistry I
CH 353: Physical Chemistry I
Additive Volumes
Additive Volumes
Watch how two liquids having similar intermolecular forces can make their total volume shrink! In this demo, ethanol and water serve as excellent examples due to both exhibiting hydrogen bonding.
Course: CH 301 | CH 302 | CH 353
Protocols:
CH 376K: Advanced Analytical Chemistry
CH 376K: Advanced Analytical Chemistry
Conductivity of Strong & Weak Acids
Conductivity of Strong & Weak Acids
With just a light bulb and a carefully crafted electrode, we can visually differentiate the degree of dissociation in strong and weak acids.
Course: CH 302 | CH 376K
Protocols:
CH 431: Inorganic Chemistry
CH 431: Inorganic Chemistry
Cobalt Complexes
Cobalt Complexes
Changes in temperature produce colorful shifts in equilibrium between two cobalt complex species.
Course: CH 302 | CH 431
Protocols:
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