All RSC Education articles in Non-EiC content – Page 85
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Resource
Modern applications
Inspirational chemistry book chapter ‘Modern applications’. This chapter suggests games, activities, practicals and demonstrations for teaching various topics, such as observing reactions, making new medicines and composite materials.
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Experiment
The ‘Old Nassau’ or Halloween clock reaction
Illustrate dramatic colour changes as a result of redox and precipitation reactions in this vivid demonstration. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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How can hardness in water be removed?
Investigate the effects of three treatments for softening hard water in this class practical and demonstration. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Exothermic metal displacement reactions
Try this class experiment to explore what happens when different metals are added to a copper(II) sulfate solution. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Supercooling and the energetics of freezing
Explore what happens when a liquid is supercooled using sodium thiosulfate in this class practical. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Preventing rust
Try this practical to test methods for preventing rust on iron nails, including painting, greasing and sacrificial protection. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Preferential discharge of cations during electrolysis
Use this practical to show that metal cations are preferentially discharged, in relation to the metal’s position in the reactivity series. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Emulsifiers in the kitchen
Test a range of common ingredients to see which ones stabilise an oil and water emulsion in this class practical. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Fat-pan fires and the conditions for combustion
Use this demonstration to illustrate the conditions required to start combustion, and how to put out a pan fire safely. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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The formation of a sol
Convert a rusty-brown precipitate of iron(III) hydroxide into a cherry-red iron(III) oxide sol in this demonstration. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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The properties of alcohols
Ethanol and propan-1-ol are tested for pH, reaction with sodium, combustion and oxidation with acidified dichromate(VI) solution. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Making glue from milk
Try this class practical to prepare a polymer glue from milk using the protein casein. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Identifying the products of combustion
Illustrate the presence of water and carbon dioxide in the products of hydrocarbon combustion in this demonstration. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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RSC News
Schools' Analyst competition 2015
Report on the Royal Society of Chemistry Analytical Division’s 2015 national Schools’ Analyst competition
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The composition and formula of water
Try this demonstration to determine the formula of water through the reaction of copper(II) oxide with hydrogen. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Preparing and using cobalt chloride indicator papers
Make your own cobalt chloride indicator papers, which can be used to test for the presence of water. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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The migration of ions during electrolysis of potassium manganate(VII)
Try this class practical to investigate the migration of ions during electrolysis as evidence for the ionic model. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Reactions of chlorine with water or halide ions
Generate chlorine gas on a microscale and investigate its reactions with water or halide ions in this class practical. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Chromatography of sweets | 11–14 years
Try this class practical to carry out chromatography using dye from different coloured M&M’s®. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Hydrogels in plant water storage crystals
Investigate plant water storage crystals as one application of hydrogels in this fun class practical. Includes kit list and safety instructions.