Experimental Instructions and Simulations

Demonstration experiments to the textbook “Physical Chemistry from a Different Angle”

Topic “Basic Concepts and Chemical Equilibria (Statics)”

Carbide lamp

• Experiment 1.2: Lava Lamp (pdf)
• Experiment 3.A: Ice Melting Blocks (planned for the 2nd edition of the textbook)
  Instruction & Video
• Experiment 3.2: Heating of Metal by Forging (pdf)
• Experiment 3.3: Expansion of a Wire Caused by Electric Current
  Instruction & Video
• Experiment 3.B: Bimetallic Jumping Disc (pdf) (planned for the 2nd edition of the textbook)
• Experiment 3.4: Compression and Expansion of Air
  Instruction & Video
• Experiment 3.5: Ice Calorimeter
  Instruction & Video
• Experiment 3.7: Fire Piston
  Instruction & Video
• Experiment 3.9: Temperature as Function of Time in Expanding Rubber (pdf)
• Experiment 3.10: Temperature as Function of Time in Bending Iron (pdf)
• Experiment 3.C: Low Temperature Stirling Motor (pdf) (planned for the 2nd edition of the textbook)
• Experiment 3.D: Pop-pop Steam Boat (pdf) (planned for the 2nd edition of the textbook)
• Experiment 4.1: Changes in the World of Substances (pdf)
• Experiment 4.3: Iodine in Different Milieu (pdf)
• Experiment 4.7: Dissolution of Marble in Hydrochloric Acid
  Instruction & Video
• Experiment 4.10: Carbide Lamp
  Instruction & Video
• Experiment 4.11: Dissolution of a Sugar Cube (pdf)
• Experiment 4.12: Ammonia Fountain
  Instruction & Video
• Experiment 5.2: Heating of Silver Oxide
  Instruction & Video
• Experiment 5.3: Boiling of Lukewarm Water at Low Pressure (pdf)
• Experiment 5.4: Causing Warm Water to Boil by Cooling
  Instruction & Video
• Experiment 6.1: Iron(III) Thiocyanate Equilibrium
  Instruction & Video
• Experiment 6.2: Solubility Product of Table Salt (pdf)
• Experiment 7.1: Formation of “Salammoniac Fog” from Vapors of Hydrochloric Avid and Ammonia (pdf)
• Experiment 7.3: Acidity Effect of Mineral Water (pdf)
• Experiment 8.2: Reduction of Volume by Mixing (pdf)
• Experiment 8.4: Cooling during Dissolving of Sodium Nitrate in Water (pdf)
• Experiment 8.5: Drinking Duck
  Instruction & Video
• Experiment 10.1: BOYLE-MARIOTTE´s Law (pdf)
• Experiment 11.1: Using Pressure to Liquefy a Gas (pdf)
• Experiment 12.1: Redistribution of Water between Zwieback and Bread (pdf)
• Experiment 12.2: Spreading of Potassium Permanganate in Agar Gel (pdf)
• Experiment 12.3: Spreading of Br₂ in Air (pdf)
• Experiment 12.5: Juice “Extraction” from Sugared Fruit (pdf)
• Experiment 12.6: Juice “Extraction” from Slices of Salted Radish (pdf)
• Experiment 12.7: Swelling of a Decalcified Egg in Water (pdf)
• Experiment 12.8: Experimental Demonstration of Osmotic Pressure (pdf)
• Experiment 12.10: Whisky “on the Rocks” — Freezing Point Depression (pdf)
• Experiment 13.1: Demixing of Phenol/Water (pdf)
• Experiment 13.2: Mixing of Ether with Water (pdf)
• Experiment 13.A: Poly Density Bottle (pdf)
• Experiment 13.5: Demixing of an Acetone-Saltwater Solution (pdf)
• Experiment 13.6: Mixing of a Grog (pdf)
• Experiment 15.1: Merging of Droplets of Mercury (pdf)
• Experiment 15.2: Soap Film (pdf)
• Experiment 15.3: Connected Soap Bubbles (pdf)
• Experiment 15.4: Capillary Tubes in Action (pdf)
• Experiment 15.5: Floating Razor Blade (pdf)
• Experiment 15.6: Adsorption on Activated Carbon (pdf)
• Experiment 15.7: Rise of Temperature in Adsorption (pdf)
• Experiment 15.8: Chromatographic Separation of Black Felt Pen Ink (pdf)

Topic “Progression of Substance Changes in Time (Kinetics) and Transport Phenomena”

• Experiment 16.2: Precipitation of Zinc Carbonate (pdf)
• Experiment 16.3: Reaction of Iodide with Iodate (pdf)
• Experiment 16.4: Rusting of Iron (pdf)
• Experiment 16.5: Coal Formation (pdf)
• Experiment 16.7: Measuring Rate Density by Titration (pdf)
• Experiment 16.8: Volumetric Determination of Conversion (pdf)
• Experiment 16.11: Concentration Dependency of Rate of Conversion
  Instruction & Video
• Experiment 18.1: Temperature Dependency of Rate of Conversion (pdf)
• Experiment 19.1: Decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide by Various Catalysts
  Instruction & Video
• Experiment 19.2: Autocatalysis (pdf)
• Experiment 19.3: Inhibition of the Enzyme Catalase (pdf)
• Experiment 19.4: Catalytic Decomposition of Urea by the Enzyme Urease (pdf)
• Experiment 19.5: Catalysis of Acetone Oxidation by Copper
  Instruction & Video
• Experiment 19.6: Catalyzed Gas Ignition (pdf)
• Experiment 20.1: Unevenly Colored Crystals as an Example of an Extremely Small Diffusion Velocity (pdf)
• Experiment 20.2: Diffusion of Permanganate in Silica Gel (pdf)
• Experiment 20.3: Outflow of Various Glycerin-Water Mixtures (pdf)
• Experiment 20.4: Honey Experiment (pdf)
• Experiment 20.5: Entropy Conduction in Solid Substances (pdf)

Topic “Interaction with Electric Fields (Electrochemistry)”

• Experiment 22.1: Reduction of Fe³⁺ ions by Sn²⁺ ions (pdf)
• Experiment 23.1: Reduction of Cu²⁺ ions by Zinc (pdf)
• Experiment 23.2: Daniell Cell (pdf)

Additional experiments to the topic “Interfacial Phenomena”

• Experiment: Drops on Coins (pdf)
• Experiment: Optimal Bubble-ology (pdf)
• Experiment: Capillary Tubes in Action (alternative version to experiment 15.4) (pdf)
• Experiment: Capillary Action Between Two Glass Plates (pdf)
• Experiment: Soap-Powered Boat (pdf)

Additional experiments to the topic “Interaction with Electric Fields (Electrochemistry)”

• Experiment: Homemade Voltaic Pile (pdf) (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 “Genie in the Bottle” (pdf)
• Experiment “Strawberry Ice Cream” (pdf)
• Experiment “Chemical Waves” (pdf)
• Experiment “Chemical Light Buoy” (pdf)
• Experiment “Dancing Absinthe” (pdf)

Simulations

• Entropy Generation in a Entropy Flow