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Starch and iodine reaction

When a few drops of colorless solution are added to another colorless solution it suddenly turns dark-blue.

Sublimation of iodine

Crystals become a vapor!

Preparation of hydrogen sulphide and its properties

The gas with rotten egg smell is liberated and dissolves in water.

Soap Test for Water Hardness

Different samples of water give various amount of foam and some turn cloudy.

Reaction of Copper with Nitric Acid

Water fountain turns a green solution to a beautiful blue color and makes the brown gas disappear.

A solid-solid reaction lead nitrate and potassium iodide

When two white solid substances are combined together the resulting mixture is yellow.

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Ammonia fountain

Water absorbs ammonia and fills the flask

Instant snow

A huge volume of water is converted into powder

Snowfall in a vial

Have you ever seen an ammonia chloride snowflake?

Silver grows on copper

Silver crystals grow on a copper wire

Ferrocerium firework

Red hot ferrocerium rod gives many sparks

Burning properties of gunpowder

Various types of gunpowder burn differently

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Coolest experiments

Gummy bear volcano

Gummy bears vigorously burn in a test-tube

Colored alcohol flames

Create beautifully colored flames by burning alcohol with various additions

Egyptian night

After mixing two colorless solutions nothing happens; however after a few seconds the colourless mixture suddenly turns dark blue

Сhemical сhameleon

Colours change from purple to blue, green and orange

Sand snake

Sugar and baking soda make a black snake.

Pharaoh's snake

A solid substance burns producing a snake-like mass.

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Most dangerous experiments

Explosion of nitrogen triiodide

Special substance explodes on hitting

Exploding bubbles of hydrogen

Soap bubble becomes a fireball.

Gummy bear volcano

Gummy bears vigorously burn in a test-tube

Pharaoh's snake

A solid substance burns producing a snake-like mass.

Fire storm

Scattering sparks of fire occur in the flask after adding hot chromium (III) oxide powder

Silane from magnesium silicide

Freshly prepared silane reacts vigorously with oxygen

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Difficult experiments

Electrolytic Bromine

Preparation of one of the most interesting elements - bromine by its precipitation in yellow water solution prepared with electrolysis

Fluorescent oscillating reaction

A mixture of three solutions periodically changes color and glows in UV

Hydrogen chloride fountain

Water quickly flows into the flask and changes color

Electrolytic preparation of sodium amalgam

Obtainment of substance at the bottom layer by electrolysis, which reacts with water

Underwater Fireworks

Beautiful sparks are observed when two gases react under water.

Flag in a test tube

The two-layer liquid divides into three layers and changes its color.

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Easy experiments

Reaction of magnesium with concentrated nitric acid

When the piece of metal touches the surface of the liquid, evolution of a brown gas begins.

Nickel Qualitative Reaction

Presence of Ni(II) ions causes the formation of a red precipitate.

Hydrogen from aluminium foil

Preparation of hydrogen using aluminium foil and drain cleaner

Chemical Garden

From salt crystals, descended into the solution, colored tubes that resemble algae grow

Detection inorganic anions - chloride, carbonate and sulphate

Getting multicolored precipitations

Armstrong's mixture explosion

Mixture explosion caused by hammer impact

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Acetone flashlight

Copper wire glows in acetone vapor

Acetylene & Oxygen Explosion

Explosion of the acetylene-oxygen mixture

Acid-Base titration

One colorless liquid is added gradually to another colorless liquid, and at one moment the solution becomes pink

Alcohols and chromium (III) oxide

Demonstration of the burning of alcohols in presence of chromium (III) oxide

Alkali metals and air

Demonstration of the behavior of alkali metals in air

Alum from soda cans

Obtaining alum from soda cans

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