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Exhibition chemistry

Ideas for chemistry demonstrations to capture the student's imagination. 

Exhibition chemistry

Ethanol rockets

Ethanol rockets - exhibition chemistry

Declan Fleming shows you how to capture your students' imaginations with spectacular demonstrations



A luminol fountain

Luminol fountain - Exhibition Chemistry

Declan Fleming shows you how to capture your students' imaginations with spectacular demonstrations



Sublime iodine

Sublime iodine

Declan Fleming shows you how to capture your students' imaginations with spectacular demonstrations



A fire piston igniting

Fire pistons - Exhibition Chemistry

Declan Fleming shows us a spectacular demonstration to generate fire from air



A copper coin glowing red as it catalyses the decomposition of copper

Catalytic copper

Declan Fleming shows us a spectacular demonstration using copper as a catalyst



A piece of Field's metal melting in a beaker of water

Magic metal

Field's metal - a fusible alloy



A drop of mercury dissolving some gold

Going for Gold!

Demonstrations to capture the student's imagination, by Declan Fleming of Pate's Grammar School, Cheltenham. In this issue: Going for Gold!



A flying food tin can demonstrate the energy release from some ignited chips of calcium carbide

Ethyne and flying food cans

Demonstrations to capture the student's imagination, by Declan Fleming of Pate's Grammar School, Cheltenham. In this issue: Ethyne and flying food cans



Sugar solutions rotating polarised light

Chirality in sugars

Demonstrations to capture the student's imagination, by Declan Fleming of Pate's Grammar School, Cheltenham. In this issue: Chirality in sugars



Flask with copper and nitric acid reaction

Dissolving copper in nitric acid

Demonstrations to capture the student's imagination, By Declan Fleming of Pate's Grammar School, Cheltenham. In this issue: dissolving copper in nitric acid



Exhibition chemistry

Burning magnesium in dry ice

Demonstrations to capture the student's imagination, by Declan Fleming of Pate's Grammar School, Cheltenham. In this issue: Burning Magnesium in dry ice



Exhibition Chemistry

Floating Gas Bubbles

Demonstrations to capture the student's imagination by Adrian Guy of Blundell's School. In this issue: Floating Gas Bubbles



Exhibition Chemistry

The bizarre oscillating redox reaction between mercury and iron

Demonstrations to capture the student's imagination by Adrian Guy of Blundell's School. In this issue: The bizarre oscillating redox reaction between mercury and iron



Exhibition Chemistry

The thermite reaction

Demonstrations to capture the student's imagination by Adrian Guy of Blundell's School. In this issue: The thermite reaction



Exhibition Chemistry

Exploding soap bubbles

Demonstrations to capture the student's imagination by Adrian Guy of Blundell's School. In this issue: Exploding soap bubbles



Exhibition Chemistry

Turning copper into gold and silver

Demonstrations to capture the student's imagination by Adrian Guy of Blundell's School. In this issue: Turning copper into gold and silver



Pink fountain

The ammonia fountain

Demonstrations to capture the student's imagination by Adrian Guy of Blundell's School. In this issue: The ammonia fountain



Exhibition Chemistry

A sensitive, contact explosive

Demonstrations to capture the student's imagination by Adrian Guy of Blundell's School. In this issue: Nitrogen triiodide - a sensitive, contact explosive



Exhibition Chemistry

The oxidation of luminol

Demonstrations to capture the student's imagination by Adrian Guy of Blundell's School. In this issue: chemiluminescence - the oxidation of luminol



Strontium flame colour

Flame colours in burning hydrogen

Demonstrations to capture the student's imagination by Adrian Guy of Blundell's School. In this issue: Flame colours in burning hydrogen



Hydrogen and chlorine - a photosensitive, free radical reaction

Demonstrations to capture the student's imagination, by Adrian Guy of Blundell's School. In this issue: hydrogen and chlorine - a photosensitive, free radical reaction



Methanol whoosh water bottle

Combustion of methanol

Demonstrations to capture the student's imagination, by Adrian Guy of Blundell's School. In this issue: combustion of methanol



Soap in flask

Soap from bacon - the dangers of alkaline solutions

Demonstrations to capture the student's imagination, by Adrian Guy of Blundell's School. In this issue: Soap from bacon - the dangers of alkaline solutions



Lab demo

Platinum-catalysed oxidation of ammonia

Demonstrations to capture the student's imagination, by Adrian Guy of Blundell's School. In this issue: platinum-catalysed oxidation of ammonia



carbon monoxide flame

Carbon monoxide

Demonstrations to capture the student's imagination, by Adrian Guy of Blundell's School. In this issue: carbon monoxide



Cr(III) oxide-catalysed oxidation of ammonia

Chromium(III) oxide-catalysed oxidation of ammonia

Demonstrations to capture the student's imagination, by Adrian Guy of Blundell's School. In this issue: chromium(III) oxide-catalysed oxidation of ammonia



Aluminium-bromine reaction

The reaction between aluminium and bromine

Demonstrations to capture the student's imagination, by Adrian Guy of Blundell's School. In this issue: the reaction between aluminium and bromine



silver crystals

Displacement reaction of silver nitrate and copper metal

Demonstrations to capture the student's imagination, by Adrian Guy of Blundell's School. In this issue: displacement reaction of silver nitrate and copper metal



Wasp

Toxic hydrogen cyanide

Demonstrations to capture the student's imagination, by Adrian Guy of Blundell's School. In this issue: toxic hydrogen cyanide



Clamped aluminium sheets

The real reactivity of aluminium

Demonstrations designed to capture the student's imagination, by Adrian Guy of Blundell's School. In this issue: the real reactivity of aluminium



Sulfur in boiling tube

Copper sulfide

Demonstrations designed to capture the student's imagination, by Adrian Guy of Blundell's School. In this issue: copper sulfide



igniting guncotton

Explosive nitrated carbon compounds

Demonstrations designed to capture the student's imagination, by Adrian Guy of Blundell's School. In this issue: explosive nitrated carbon compounds



Reduction of iron oxide

The extraction of iron

Demonstrations designed to capture the student's imagination, by Adrian Guy of Blundell's School. In this issue: the extraction of iron



silane reaction

Silane, an analogue of methane

Demonstrations designed to capture the student's imagination, by Adrian Guy of Blundell's School In this issue: silane, an analogue of methane



Migrating ions

Migration of coloured ions

Demonstrations designed to capture the student's imagination, by Colin Baker of Bedford School. In this issue: migration of coloured ions



H2O2 and blood

Decomposing hydrogen peroxide

Demonstrations designed to capture the student's imagination, by Colin Baker of Bedford School. In this issue: decomposing hydrogen peroxide



dehydration of sugar

The dehydration of sucrose

Demonstrations designed to capture the student's imagination, by Colin Baker of Bedford School. In this issue: the dehydration of sucrose



silver flask

The silver mirror test

Demonstrations designed to capture the student's imagination, by Colin Baker of Bedford School. In this issue: the silver mirror test



blue bottle reaction

The 'blue bottle' reaction

Demonstrations designed to capture the student's imagination, by Colin Baker of Bedford School. In this issue: the 'blue bottle' reaction



oxy-acetylene torch

Making ethyne

Demonstrations designed to capture the student's imagination, by Colin Baker of Bedford School. In this issue: making ethyne. From Education in Chemistry, September 2006, p123.



fluorescent green solution

Fluorescence

In this series, Colin Baker of Bedford School provides spectacular demonstrations, designed to capture the student's imagination. In this issue: fluorescence



chemdemo thumbnail

A spectacular reversible reaction

In this series, Colin Baker of Bedford School provides spectacular demonstrations, designed to capture the student's imagination. In this issue: a spectacular reversible reaction



Making nylon

In this series, Colin Baker of Bedford School provides spectacular demonstrations, designed to capture the student's imagination. In this issue: making nylon



Elemental chemistry

In this series, Colin Baker of Bedford School provides spectacular demonstrations, designed to capture the student's imagination. In this issue: elemental chemistry



Traffic lights

In this series, Colin Baker of Bedford School provides spectacular demonstrations, designed to capture the student's imagination.



A crossed-linked polymer

01 January 2005

In this series, Colin Baker of Bedford School provides spectacular demonstrations, designed to capture the student's imagination. The demonstrations are easy to prepare, safe to di...