Showing posts with label Science Experiments. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Science Experiments. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Chemistry Experiment - How to make a mirror



Mirrors always fascinating the human being, the possibility to look ourselves face to face is a mark in a culture of a people. That’s why these objects were so precious in ancient times and still are for some indigenous tribes.
Nowadays it is used, beside the self admiration, in cameras, telescopes and satellites.
When the man first went to the moon, they left a mirror there, so today using a laser is possible to measure the distance earth moon very accurately.
This videos shows how to make a mirror by using the glucose to reduce a silver complex. The metallic silver is deposited in the flask forming a mirror’s surface.
Saturday, December 12, 2009

Falling Smoke



The smoke inside the bottle falls becouse it is cold. Otherwise it ascend with the warm air as we always see.

Pascal Principles and plastic bottles


Physics demonstration of Pascal principle using plastic bottles
Saturday, August 8, 2009

Learn how to do a sodium dichromate volcano

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Sodium dichromate is a orange solid. During its decomposition N2 , water and chrome oxide are liberated. The total volume increase in about 30 times. Some chrome oxide dust and the heat liberated make it really seamed with a true volcano.

Thursday, July 23, 2009

The old tablecloth trick by Paul Hewitt


Paul hewitt demos, using humor, inertia and physics pulling a tablecloth out from under a table full of plates and glasses and not moving or breaking anything.

The light bulb history may inspire you


The journey for creation of light bulb is shown on this video.

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