On this little project I wanted to create salt crystals and salts in general , so I made the easiest salt to make which is table salt, the chemicals I used was just HCl and NaHCO3 which is a very basic reaction. After doing the reaction I has some excess HCl so what I did is instead of putting more NaHCO3 I just added more water to convert the HCl into Hydronium and then because of this, water dissolves the salts so I just had to wait for the salt to form once water has evaporated so I just used a Bunsen burner to help speed that up ( don't worry it was in a boiling flask). I just learned very basic chem and procedures to get chemicals and substances that I want
Another very basic reaction, H2SO4 + C12H22O11. This reaction was abit scary cause SO2 will be created which is very toxic but I put some parafilm on it so the gas stays inside until the carbon starts to rise , another scary thing is that this is an exothermic reaction which means it'll get very hot . So what I did is that I took a picture and then went to finish it outside.
This is a very scary experiment, I created a very strong oxidizer which is MnO7, this substance is very very very unstable if it touches a carbon based compound or anything a violent reaction will happen. I reacted it with paper which burns it and then I used sodium bicarbonate aka NaHCO3 and it caught on fire and exploded a bit. The real problem came when I had to clean up so what I did was that I put water and ice into it which would turn it into permanganic acid and after that I just put it outside so any other little reactions and MnO2 to be released after around 2 weeks I cleaned the beaker.
Ngl kinda looks like coke.
Students are able to see themselves as individuals with various abilities and skills, of which some are more developed than others.
The CAS learning outcome from this experience is outcome 1 (Identify own strengths and develop areas for growth), the reason for this is because I had an interest in chemistry and due to this interest I want to grow my knowledge and understanding of this subject via experimentation and doing demonstrations that would help me visualize theories and chemical reactions. From this experience I've learned how to make crystals and do dehydration/condensation reactions. This truly helped me understand the theories of chemistry ergo grew my knowledge in this subject.