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Tags: Experiment, Science, VideoNine video clips of the best chemistry chemical reactions that will shock and amaze you
One of the greatest scientific questions of all time: can liquid nitrogen freeze molten iron?
Watch the helpless gummy bear explode when it is dropped into liquid potassium chlorate.
A favorite circus trick. In this instance the scientist breaths fire by igniting a cloud of lycopodium spores.
Here we see several clear liquids being poured into a beaker; the mixture then quickly changes colors, over and over again. This demonstration was perfected back in 1973 by two high school teachers Thomas Briggs and Warren Rauscher.
Sodium acetate will suddenly crystallize if you prepare a saturated solution and pour it onto a seed crystal. This is same chemical reaction found in many hand warmers.
If you mix concentrated hydrogen peroxide with dial soap and then add a pinch of sodium iodide, a fountain of oxygen-filled bubbles will erupt from the container.
Ever wondered how glow sticks generate light?
Animator John Liebler gave the world a look at the beautiful ballet of molecules which gives rise to life.
The pick of the bunch! Watch magnesium burn whilst sandwiched between two bricks of dry ice. This is possible because magnesium can combust in an atmosphere of pure carbon dioxide.