All articles by Declan Fleming – Page 3
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Exhibition chemistry
Flaming phosphorus
How to generate your own white phosphorus for a fiery oxidation demonstration
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Exhibition chemistry
Containing the dichromate volcano
An updated and safer version of this classic, spectacular chemistry demonstration
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Exhibition chemistry
Clarifying compounds and mixtures
Declan Fleming clears up confusion in a puff of purple vapour
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Exhibition chemistry
Easier equilibrium
How bailing buckets can support students’ grasp of Le Chatelier’s principle
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Feature
Clearing the air around smoke formation
Answering the riddle of why unsaturated fuels burn with sooty flames
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Exhibition chemistry
Creating copper
Declan Fleming presents a beautiful demonstration with lots of teaching potential
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Exhibition chemistry
Properties of alloys: finding the NaK
Why is NaK a liquid? Declan Fleming finds out
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Exhibition chemistry
Nailing corrosion demonstrations
Declan Fleming presents an experiment to illustrate the electrochemistry of rusting
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Exploding some myths
Declan Fleming investigates what’s really going on when alkali metals hit water
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Exhibition chemistry
Alkali metal roulette
Declan Fleming takes the reactions of alkali metals in water a step further
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The Mole
Funded by you
Declan Fleming investigates how crowdfunding helped a chemist to uncover the secrets behind some familiar reactions
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Analysis
Sinister caesium: the birth of a meme
Declan Fleming investigates the story behind the classic caesium explosion video