JCE Software: Chemistry Comes Alive!: Sample Movie: Pulsating Electrochemical Reaction: Mercury Beating Heart


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Pulsating Electrochemical Reaction: Mercury Beating Heart

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The reaction shown in the movie below comes from the Chemistry Comes Alive! (CCA!) video collection. CCA! is published by the Journal of Chemical Education Software, Division of Chemical Education, Inc., American Chemical Society.

About this Movie

A drop of mercury in a watch glass is covered with a solution of potassium chromate in concentrated sulfuric acid. An iron nail is positioned so that it nearly touches the mercury. Eventually, the mercury drop starts to beat rhythmically, like a beating heart. A close up view is shown.

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Finding This Movie in the CCA! Collection

Following are links into the CCA! volume or volumes that contain this movie.

	Chemistry Comes Alive! Volume 3 > Electrochemistry
	Chemistry Comes Alive! Volume 3 > Oxidation/Reduction Aqueous Solutions

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.

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