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Tested Demonstrations: By Year:

2007 (Volume 84)

2006 (Volume 83)

2005 (Volume 82)

2004 (Volume 81)

2003 (Volume 80)

2002 (Volume 79)

2001 (Volume 78)

2000 (Volume 77)

1999 (Volume 76)

1998 (Volume 75)

1997 (Volume 74)

1996 (Volume 73)

1995 (Volume 72)

2007 (Volume 84)

Turning Plastic into Gold: An Analogy To Demonstrate the Rutherford Gold Foil Experiment by Robert B. Gregory; p626 (Apr).

An Iodine Fluorescence Quenching Clock Reaction by Richard B. Weinberg; p797 (May).

Guitar Strings As Standing Waves: A Demonstration by Michael Davis; p1287 (Aug).

Demonstration of the Fenton Reaction by Dean C. Luehrs and Alex E. Roher; p1290 (Aug).

Mercury Beating Heart: Modifications to the Classical Demonstration by Metodija Najdoski, Valentin Mirceski, Vladimir M. Petruševski, and Sani Demiri; p1292 (Aug).

Microscale Demonstration of the Paramagnetism of Liquid Oxygen with a Neodymium Magnet by Bruce Mattson; p1296 (Aug).

A Fast Coulometric Estimation of Avogadro's Number by Nicholas C. Thomas; p1667 (Oct).

Incomplete Combustion of Hydrogen: Trapping a Reaction Intermediate by Bruce Mattson and Trisha Hoette; p1668 (Oct).

Carbon Dioxide Fountain by Seong-Joo Kang and Eun-Hee Ryu; p1671 (Oct).

Dancing Crystals: A Dramatic Illustration of Intermolecular Forces by Donald W. Mundell; p1773 (Nov).

2006 (Volume 83)

The Ultrasonic Soda Fountain: A Dramatic Demonstration of Gas Solubility in Aqueous Solutions by John E. Baur and Melinda B. Baur; p577 (Apr).

Demonstrating Void Space in Solids: A Simple Demonstration To Challenge a Powerful Misconception by Mary Whitfield; p749 (May).

Taming the Barking Dog by Ché Royce Seabourne, George Maxwell, and James Wallace; p751 (May).

pH Paradoxes: Demonstrating That It Is Not True That pH ≡ -log[H⁺] by Christopher G. McCarty and Ed Vitz; p752 (May).

Classroom Demonstrations of Concepts in Molecular Fluorescence by Jonathan P. Blitz, Daniel J. Sheeran, and Thomas L. Becker; p758 (May).

Simultaneous Display of Spectral Images and Graphs Using a Web Camera and Fiber-Optic Spectrophotometer by Brian K. Niece; p761 (May).

The Fluorescence of Lignum nephriticum: A Flash Back to the Past and a Simple Demonstration of Natural Substance Fluorescence by Mark Muyskens; p765 (May).

A Colorful Look at the Chelate Effect by Donald C. Bowman; p1158 (Aug).

Two "Gas-in-a-Bag Reactions" To Show the Predictive Power of the Relative Acid-Base Strength Chart by Brett Criswell; p1167 (Aug).

A Demonstration of Refractive Index Matching Using Isopropyl Alcohol and MgF₂ by Frederick C. Sauls; p1170 (Aug).

Magnet and BB Analogy for Millikan's Oil-Drop Experiment by Earl F. Pearson; p1313 (Sep).

Using Balloons for a Dramatic Presentation of the Acid-Bicarbonate Reaction by Miroslav Prokša and Anna Tóthová; p1471 (Oct).

A Clock Reaction Sympathetic Ink from Consumer Chemicals by Stephen W. Wright, Marsha R. Folger, and Matthew A. Rice; p1473 (Oct).

Classroom Scale Demonstrations Using Flash Ignition of Carbon Nanotubes by Dean J. Campbell, Kylee E. Korte, Jesse T. McCann, and Younan Xia; p1511 (Oct).

A Kinetics Demonstration Involving a Green–Red–Green Color Change Resulting from a Large-Amplitude pH Oscillation by Brian W. Pfennig and Richard T. Roberts; p1804 (Dec).

2005 (Volume 82)

Chemiluminescent Oscillating Demonstrations: The Chemical Buoy, the Lighting Wave, and the Ghostly Cylinder by Hermán E. Prypsztejn; p53 (Jan).

A Methane Balloon Inflation Chamber by Curtis J. Czerwinski and Tanya J. Cordes; p248 (Feb).

Fractional Distillation of Air and Other Demonstrations with Condensed Gases by Maria Oliver-Hoyo and William L. Switzer, III; p251 (Feb).

A Demonstration of Sample Segregation by Mark D. Fritz; p255 (Feb).

Hard Water and Soft Soap: Dependence of Soap Performance on Water Hardness. A Classroom Demonstration by Viktoria K. L. Osorio, Wanda de Oliveira, and Omar A. El Seoud; p257 (Feb).

A Salicylate Sympathetic Ink from Consumer Chemicals by Stephen W. Wright; p542 (Apr).

Revisiting the Electric Pickle Demonstration by Michelle M. Rizzo, Tracy A. Halmi, Alan J. Jircitano, Martin F. Kociolek, Jerry A. Magraw; p545 (Apr).

A Modified Demonstration of the Catalytic Decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide by Carlos Alexander Trujillo; p855 (Jun).

The q/T Paradox: Which "Contains More Heat", a Cup of Coffee at 95°C or a Liter of Icewater? by Ed Vitz and Michael J. Schuman; p856 (Jun).

Demonstrating Encapsulation and Release: A New Take on Alginate Complexation and the Nylon Rope Trick by Andrienne C. Friedli and Inge R. Schlager; p1017 (Jul).

Chemistry Comes Alive!, Volume 7 Abstract of Special Issue 32, a CD-ROM of Flames and Explosions by Rachel Bain, Jerrold J. Jacobsen, James H. Maynard, and John W. Moore; p1102 (Jul).

The Oxidation of Iron in a Gel Using Consumer Chemicals by Stephen W. Wright, Marsha R. Folger, Ryan P. Quinn; p1633 (Nov).

2004 (Volume 81)

Low-Voltage Conductivity Device: Editor's Note about Using Conductivity Devices in Nonaqueous Solutions by Ed Vitz and Melissa Kistler; p63 (Jan).

A Reaction That Takes Place in Beakers but Not in Conical Flasks. A Catalysis-Related Demonstration by Colin White; p364 (Mar).

Simple Flame Test Techniques Using Cotton Swabs by Michael J. Sanger and Amy J. Phelps; p969 (Jul).

Demonstrating and Measuring Relative Molar Magnetic Susceptibility Using a Neodymiun Magnet by Charles Malerich and Patricia K. Ruff; p1155 (Aug).

Use of a Tea Infuser To Submerge Low-Density Dry Ice by Carl P. Fictorie; p1473 (Oct).

Old Nassau Demonstration with Wilkinson Modification by Lawrence E. Wilkinson; p1474 (Oct).

2003 (Volume 80)

A Demonstration of Acid Rain and Lake Acidification: Wet Deposition of Sulfur Dioxide by Lisa M. Goss; p39 (Jan).

Paper-and-Glue Unit Cell Models by James P. Birk and Ellen J. Yezierski; p157 (Feb).

Teaching Chemistry Using From the Earth to the Moon by James G. Goll and Stacie L. Mundinger; p292 (Mar).

Using Demonstrations to Promote Student Comprehension in Chemistry by Letta Sue Meyer, Stan Schmidt, Fred Nozawa, and Doug Panee; p431 (Apr).

Solvent Extraction Using Safe and Commonly Available Materials to Demonstrate the Difference in Solubility of Two Mixed Solutes by Dante Gilbert L. de Leon and Armando M. Guidote Jr.; p436 (Apr).

Chemical Equilibria Involving Reactions of Silver(I) Ions by Roberto Zingales; p534 (May).

Greening the Blue Bottle by Whitney E. Wellman and Mark E. Noble; p537 (May).

Ignition of Hydrogen Balloons by Model-Rocket-Engine Igniters by Nicholas T. Hartman; p774 (Jul).

Thirty Feet and Rising: Constructing and Using a Water Barometer To Explore Chemical Principles by Hans de Grys; p1156 (Oct).

A Method for Generating Oxygen from Consumer Chemicals by Stephen W. Wright; p1158 (Oct).

2002 (Volume 79)

The Vitamin C Clock Reaction by Stephen W. Wright; p41 (Jan).

Chemical Demonstrations with Consumer Chemicals: The Black and White Reaction by Stephen W. Wright; p44 (Jan).

Are Surfactant Molecules Really Oriented in the Interface by Nasimul Gani and Jasmina Khanam; p332 (Mar).

Exploring the Diffraction Grating Using a He-Ne Laser and a CD-ROM by Joel Tellinghuisen; p703 (Jun).

Application of a Datalogger in Observing Photosynthesis by Martin M. F. Choi, Pui Shan Wong, and Tak Pong Yiu; p980 (Aug).

A Three-Dimensional Model for Water by J. L. H. Johnson and S. H. Yalkowsky; p1088 (Sep).

Editor's Note by Ed Vitz for A Three-Dimensional Model for Water by J. L. H. Johnson and S. H. Yalkowsky; p1091 (Sep).

The Liquid Nitrogen Fountain by Robin McRae, Jeffrey A. Rahn, Timothy W. Beamer, and Norm LeBret; p1220 (Oct).

2001 (Volume 78)

Disappearing-Reappearing Rabbit Trick: A New Twist to an Old Liquid Nitrogen Demonstration by Elaine K. Haub; p46 (Jan).

A Dramatic Flame Test Demonstration by Kristin A. Johnson and Rodney Schreiner; p640 (May).

Icarus and Sun, Not Only in Mythology but Also in the Laboratory! by Mrinalini G. Walawalkar and Herbert W. Roesky; p912 (Jul).

A Liquid Prism for Refractive Index Studies by Michael D. Edmiston; p1479 (Nov).

Demonstrating Chirality: Using a Mirror with Physical Models to Show Non-superimposability of Chiral Molecules with Their Mirror Images by Michael J. Collins; p1484 (Nov).

2000 (Volume 77)

Illustrating the Properties of Magic Sand by Robert H. Goldsmith; p41 (Jan).

A Demonstration of Surface Tension and Contact Angle by H. D. Gesser; p58 (Jan).

Gas Me Up, or, A Baking Powder Diver by Henry Derr, Tricia Lewis, and Bretton J. Derr; p171 (Feb).

Entertaining Chemistry--Two Colorful Reactions by John F. Elsworth; p484 (Apr).

Illustrating Thermodynamic Concepts Using a Hero's Engine by Pedro Muiño and James R. Hodgson; p615 (May).

Kixium Monolayers: A Simple Alternative to the Bubble Raft Model for Close-Packed Spheres by Keenan E. Dungey; p618 (May).

Ionic Crystals: A Simple and Safe Lecture Demonstration of the Preparation of NaI from Its Elements by Zelek S. Herman; p619 (May).

Simulating Dynamic Equilibria: A Class Experiment by John A. Harrison and Paul D. Buckley; p1013 (Aug).

When A + B Does Not Equal B + A by Erling Antony, Lindsay Mitchell, and Lauren Nettenstrom; p1180 (Sep).

Turbulent Motion in Ethyl Acetate-Water System by Jamil Ahmad; p1182 (Sep).

Thermodynamics of Water Superheated in the Microwave Oven by B.H. Erne; p1309 (Oct).

Crystallization from a Supersaturated Solution of Sodium Acetate by Jamil Ahmad; p1446 (Nov).

Combustion Demonstration Using Updated Flame Tornado by Edward G. Senkbeil; p1449 (Nov).

1999 (Volume 76)

A Simple Demonstration Model of Osmosis by Joseph G. Morse; p64 (Jan).

Luminosity, My Dear Watson, Luminosity!-Or, Are Those Bloodstains? by Barbara A. Burke, Kamran Golestaneh, and Helene Samson; p65 (Jan).

The Ammonia Smoke Fountain: An Interesting Thermodynamic Adventure by M. Dale Alexander; p210 (Feb).

Pyroelectric Effect of a Sucrose Monocrystal by Metodija Najdoski, Ljupco J. Pejov, and Vladimir M. Petrusevski; p360 (Mar).

Using Glass Cylinders to Demonstrate Chemical Reactions by Wobbe de Vos; p528 (Apr).

A Demonstration of Ideal Gas Principles Using a Football by William D. Bare and Lester Andrews; p622 (May).

Solution Conductivity Apparatus by Daniel T. Haworth, Mark R. Bartelt, and Michael J. Kenney; p625 (May).

The Methane Balloon by Walter H. Corkern and Elvin Hughes, Jr.; p794 (Jun).

Flame Tests Using Improvised Alcohol Burners by Veljko Dragojlovic; p929 (Jul).

A Further Demonstration of Sulfite-Induced Redox Cycling of Metal Ions Initiated by Shaking by Horacio D. Moya, Eduardo Almeida Neves, and Nina Coichev; p930 (Jul).

Ammonia Can Crush by Ed Vitz; p932 (Jul).

A More Dramatic Container to Crush by Atmospheric Pressure by Robert D. Meyers and Gordon T. Yee; p933 (Jul).

Variations on the "Whoosh" Bottle Alcohol Explosion Demonstration Including Safety Notes by John J. Fortman, Andrea C. Rush, and Jennifer E. Stamper; p1092 (Aug).

A Classroom Demonstration of Rayleigh Light Scattering in Optically Active and Inactive Systems by Monica Avalos Pecina and Charles A. Smith; p1230 (Sep).

Chemiluminescence Demonstration Illustrating Principles of Ester Hydrolysis Reactions by Andrew G. Hadd, David W. Lehmpuhl, Laura R. Kuck, and John W. Birks; p1237 (Sep).

1998 (Volume 75)

Demonstrating Heat Changes on the Overhead Projector with a Projecting Thermometer by Chinhyu Hur, Sally Solomon, and Christy Wetzel; p51 (Jan).

A Simple Demonstration of How Intermolecular Forces Make DNA Helical by Michael F. Bruist; p53 (Jan).

Flame Tests That Are Portable, Storable, and Easy to Use by George M. McKelvy; p55 (Jan).

"Mud" + "Blood" - A Very Colorful Demonstration by Gordon F. Hambly; p56 (Jan).

A Simplified Determination of Percent Oxygen in Air by Chin-Hsiang Fang; p58 (Jan).

Acid-Base Chemistry of the Aluminum Ion in Aqueous Solution by Edward Koubek; p60 (Jan).

Red Shoe-Blue Shoe: An Acid-Base Demonstration with a Fashionable Twist by Calvin E. Uzelmeier III and Arthur C. Breyer; p183 (Feb).

Detection of Catalysis by Taste by Robert M. Richman; p315 (Mar).

Electromagnetic Induction in Inductively Coupled Plasma by Jimmy C. Yu; p316 (Mar).

Chemical Domino Demonstration by M. Dale Alexander; p490 (Apr).

Sugar Dehydration without Sulfuric Acid: No More Choking Fumes in the Classroom! By Todd P. Silverstein and Yi Zhang; p748 (Jun).

The Alginate Demonstration: Polymers, Food Science, and Ion Exchange by Amy Sue Waldman, Linda Schechinger, Geeta Govindarajoo, James S. Nowick, and Louis H. Pignolet; p1430 (Nov).

1997 (Volume 74)

Equilibrium with Fried Eggs of PbI₂ and KPbI₃ by Adolf Cortel; p297 (Mar).

Using Lasers to Demonstrate Refraction, Diffraction, and Dispersion by Elvin Hughes, Jr. and L. H. Holmes, Jr.; p298 (Mar).

The Blue Bottle Revisited by Walter R. Vandaveer, IV and Mel Mosher; p402 (Apr).

VSEPR Theory Demo by Janice Parker; p776 (Jul).

The Use of Cut-Out Molecular Models on the Overhead Projector To Illustrate Stoichiometry and Limiting Reactants by Richard J. Kashmar, p791 (Jul).

The Sodium Rainbow by Miroslav Proksa; p942 (Aug).

Observation of Magnetic Repulsion Acting on Nitrogen Bubble on Water SurfaceÑA Simple Experiment of Studying Diamagnetic Property of Nitrogen by Yukinori Matsuyama, Takashi Yasuoka, Syunmei Mitsuzawa, Tunetaka Sasaki; p943 (Aug).

Experimental Methods to Demonstrate Two Sorts of Physicochemical Behavior with a Resin Tube by Chieko Suzuki, Sumiyo Ihda, Mayumi Suzuki, and Seiji Kurumi; p1071 (Sep).

The Disappearing Liquid by H. D. Gesser and Ian Ward; p1357 (Nov).

The Shrinking Dollar Bill by Christine K. F. Hermann; p1357 (Nov).

Complexometric Titrations: Competition of Complexing Agents in the Determination of Water Hardness with EDTA by M. Cecilia Yappert and Donald B. DuPre; p1422 (Dec).

1996 (Volume 73)

Bigger and Brighter Flame Tests by David K. Dalby; p80 (Jan).

Inexpensive Exemplars for the Wave Model of Electronic Structure and Light by Ed Vitz, Robert Binning, and James W. Long; p171 (Feb).

A Novel Approach to Teaching Electrochemical Principles by Paul Krause and Jerry Manion; p354 (Apr).

Work Done by a Chemical Reaction by Henry Brouwer; p354 (Apr).

Glowing Veggies by Pirketta Scharlin, Audrey A. Cleveland, Rubin Battino, and Monica E. Thomas; p456 (May).

The Incredible "Glowing" Pickle and Onion and Potato andÉ by Rubin Battino and Peter M. Weimer; p456 (May).

Sodium Chloride Revisited by Robert V. Stick and Mauro Mocerino; p539 (May).

A Demonstration of WoehlerÕs Experiment: Preparation of Urea from Ammonium Chloride and Potassium Cyanate; p539 (Jun).

Relative Rates of Effusion through Punctured Balloons by William C. Deese and Anna Marie Washburn; p539 (Jun).

Visible Ion Exchange Demonstration for Large or Small Lecture Halls by Jerry Driscoll; p639 (Jul).

Equilibrium Constants You Can Smell by Michael Anderson and Amy Buckley; p639 (Jul).

Demonstration of the Plasma State by Joachim P. Schreckenbach and Klaus Rabending; p782 (Aug).

A Multistep Equilibria-Redox-Complexation Demonstration to Illustrate Le ChatelierÕs Principle by Tomas G. Berger and Edward K. Mellon; p783 (Aug).

Iodine Clock Reaction by Richard S. Mitchell; p783 (Aug).

Simple and Attractive Demonstration of the Reversibility of Chemical Reactions by Celestyn M. Brozek; p837 (Sep).

A Simple Experiment for Demonstration of Phase Diagram of Carbon Dioxide by Van T. Lieu; p837 (Sep).

Demonstration of the Catalytic Decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide by Alfred R. Conklin, Jr. and Angela Kessinger; p838 (Sep).

A Modified Demonstration of the Activation Energy Concept by Jin Li, Le-Sui Dai, and Li-Shu You; p948 (Oct).

Classroom Demonstration of Solid State Reaction at Room Temperature by Lixu Lei, Xuebin Yao, and Xinquan Xin; p1018 (Nov).

The Chemical and Educational Appeal of the Orange Juice Clock by Paul B. Kelter, James D. Carr, Tanya Johnson, and Carlos Mauricio Castro-Acuña; p1123 (Dec).

1995 (Volume 72)

Demonstrating a Lack of Reactivity Using a Teflon-Coated Pan by Thomas G. Richmond; p731 (August).

Multiple Burning Heaps of Color--An Elegant Variation of a Flame Test by Eugene T. Smith; p828 (Sep).

Syringe Ammonia Fountain by Jin Li and Ai-Zhi Peng; p828 (Sep).

Ammonia Fountain and Density Gradient Column by Miroslav Proksa; p931 (Oct).

Entertaining Chemistry by John F. Elsworth; p1128 (Dec).

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