Experimental Instructions
Demonstration experiments to the textbook “Physical Chemistry from a Different Angle”
Topic “Basic Concepts and Chemical Equilibria (Statics)”
- Experiment 1.2: Lava Lamp
- Experiment 3.A: Ice Melting Blocks (planned for the 2nd edition of the textbook) (Video)
- Experiment 3.2: Heating of Metal by Forging
- Experiment 3.3: Expansion of a Wire Caused by Electric Current (Video)
- Experiment 3.B: Bimetallic Jumping Disc (planned for the 2nd edition of the textbook)
- Experiment 3.4: Compression and Expansion of Air
(Video) - Experiment 3.5: Ice Calorimeter (Video)
- Experiment 3.7: Fire Piston (Video)
- Experiment 3.9: Temperature as Function of Time in Expanding Rubber
- Experiment 3.10: Temperature as Function of Time in Bending Iron
- Experiment 3.C: Low Temperature Stirling Motor (planned for the 2nd edition of the textbook)
- Experiment 3.D: Pop-pop Steam Boat (planned for the 2nd edition of the textbook)
- Experiment 4.1: Changes in the World of Substances
- Experiment 4.3: Iodine in Different Milieu
- Experiment 4.7: Dissolution of Marble in Hydrochloric Acid (Video)
- Experiment 4.10: Carbide Lamp (Video)
- Experiment 4.11: Dissolution of a Sugar Cube (Video)
- Experiment 4.12: Ammonia Fountain (Video)
- Experiment 5.2: Heating of Silver Oxide (Video)
- Experiment 5.3: Boiling of Lukewarm Water at Low Pressure
- Experiment 5.4: Causing Warm Water to Boil by Cooling (Video)
- Experiment 6.1: Iron(III) Thiocyanate Equilibrium (Video)
- Experiment 6.2: Solubility Product of Table Salt
- Experiment 7.1: Formation of “Salammoniac Fog” from Vapors of Hydrochloric Acid and Ammonia
- Experiment 7.3: Acidity Effect of Mineral Water
- Experiment 8.2: Reduction of Volume by Mixing Water and Ethanol
- Experiment 8.4: Cooling during Dissolving of Sodium Nitrate in Water
- Experiment 8.5: Drinking Duck (Video)
- Experiment 10.1: BOYLE-MARIOTTE´s Law
- Experiment 11.1: Using Pressure to Liquefy a Gas
- Experiment 12.1: Redistribution of Water between Zwieback and Bread
- Experiment 12.2: Spreading of Potassium Permanganate in Agar Gel
- Experiment 12.3: Spreading of Br2 in Air
- Experiment 12.5: Juice “Extraction” from Sugared Fruit
- Experiment 12.6: Juice “Extraction” from Slices of Salted Radish
- Experiment 12.7: Swelling of a Decalcified Egg in Water
- Experiment 12.8: Experimental Demonstration of Osmotic Pressure
- Experiment 12.10: Whisky “on the Rocks” — Freezing Point Depression
- Experiment 13.1: Demixing of Phenol/Water
- Experiment 13.2: Mixing of Ether with Water
- Experiment 13.A: Poly Density Bottle (planned for the 2nd edition of the textbook)
- Experiment 13.5: Demixing of an Acetone-Saltwater Solution
- Experiment 13.6: Mixing of a Grog
- Experiment 15.1: Merging of Droplets of Mercury
- Experiment 15.2: Soap Film
- Experiment 15.3: Connected Soap Bubbles
- Experiment 15.4: Capillary Tubes in Action
- Experiment 15.5: Floating Razor Blade
- Experiment 15.6: Adsorption on Activated Carbon
- Experiment 15.7: Rise of Temperature in Adsorption
- Experiment 15.8: Chromatographic Separation of Black Felt Pen Ink
Topic “Progression of Substance Changes in Time (Kinetics) and Transport Phenomena”
- Experiment 16.2: Precipitation of Zinc Carbonate
- Experiment 16.3: Reaction of Iodide with Iodate
- Experiment 16.4: Rusting of Iron
- Experiment 16.5: Coal Formation
- Experiment 16.7: Measuring Rate Density by Titration
- Experiment 16.8: Volumetric Determination of Conversion
- Experiment 16.11: Concentration Dependency of Rate of Conversion (Video)
- Experiment 18.1: Temperature Dependency of Rate of Conversion
- Experiment 19.1: Decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide by Various Catalysts (Video)
- Experiment 19.2: Autocatalysis
- Experiment 19.3: Inhibition of the Enzyme Catalase
- Experiment 19.4: Catalytic Decomposition of Urea by the Enzyme Urease
- Experiment 19.5: Catalysis of Acetone Oxidation by Copper (Video)
- Experiment 19.6: Catalyzed Gas Ignition
- Experiment 20.1: Unevenly Colored Crystals as an Example of an Extremely Small Diffusion Velocity
- Experiment 20.2: Diffusion of Permanganate in Silica Gel
- Experiment 20.3: Outflow of Various Glycerin-Water Mixtures
- Experiment 20.4: Honey Experiment
- Experiment 20.5: Entropy Conduction in Solid Substances
Topic “Interaction with Electric Fields (Electrochemistry)”
- Experiment 22.1: Reduction of Fe3+ ions by Sn2+ ions
- Experiment 23.1: Reduction of Cu2+ ions by Zinc
- Experiment 23.2: Daniell Cell
Additional experiments to the topic “Interfacial Phenomena”
- Experiment: Drops on Coins
- Experiment: Optimal Bubble-ology
- Experiment: Capillary Tubes (alternative version to experiment 15.4)
- Experiment: Capillary Action Between Two Glass Plates
- Experiment: Soap-Powered Boat
Additional experiments to the topic “Interaction with Electric Fields (Electrochemistry)”
- Experiment: Homemade Voltaic Pile (video)
It´s Show Time … Some Fun Science Experiments
- Video “What a duck can teach us about thermodynamics … ”
- Video “The Forgetful Barkeeper” and corresponding instructions
- Video “The Fascinating World of Oscillations in Chemistry“ and corresponding instructions
- Experiment “Poly Density Bottle”
