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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!

Reaction of Copper with Nitric Acid

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

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.

Golden rain

Beautiful crystals of bright yellow colour are formed under cooling.

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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

Egyptian night

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

Silane from magnesium silicide

Freshly prepared silane reacts vigorously with oxygen

Blue bottle

Does the solution become colorless? Shake it to make blue again!

Golden rain

Beautiful crystals of bright yellow colour are formed under cooling.

Colored alcohol flames

Create beautifully colored flames by burning alcohol with various additions

Pharaoh's snake

A solid substance burns producing a snake-like mass.

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Most dangerous experiments

Gummy bear volcano

Gummy bears vigorously burn in a test-tube

Explosion of nitrogen triiodide

Special substance explodes on hitting

Pharaoh's snake

A solid substance burns producing a snake-like mass.

Silane from magnesium silicide

Freshly prepared silane reacts vigorously with oxygen

Exploding bubbles of hydrogen

Soap bubble becomes a fireball.

Fire storm

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

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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

Electrolytic preparation of sodium amalgam

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

Sulfuric acid from copper sulfate

Preparation of sulfuric acid by electrolysis using copper sulfate

Fluorescent Dye

Liquid light is prepared!

Hydrogen chloride fountain

Water quickly flows into the flask and changes color

Reaction in air bags

Generation of large amounts of gas under thermal or mechanical influence on sodium azide

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Easy experiments

A solid-solid reaction lead nitrate and potassium iodide

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

Magic Jug

One solution is poured into six different glasses and they become different colors

Smoke from analginum and hydroperit mixture

A smoke bomb with a nasty smell is made from two solids.

Silver acetylide explosive

A solid substance explodes under heating.

Detection inorganic anions - chloride, carbonate and sulphate

Getting multicolored precipitations

Group 2 metals react with water

Demonstration of the reactivity of group 2 metals with water

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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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