Magnesium is placed in a cavity in a block of dry ice. The magnesium is ignited and covered by another block of dry ice. The magnesium continues to glow, due to its reaction with carbon dioxide. This demonstration is difficult to set up.
CCA! volumes are organized according to topics in chemistry. Some movies are included on more than one volume of CCA! because they can be used to demonstrate more than one topic or idea.
Viewing Chemistry Comes Alive! Video
Chemistry Comes Alive! uses QuickTime and requires QuickTime version 5 or later and the QuickTime plug-in in order to view the video.
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