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Organic Chemistry: Synthesis of a Grignard Reagent

An instructional demonstration on how to set up and synthesise a Grignard reagent with Dr Barbie Panther. source

Corrosion Experiments in Gel

“In this video, the corrosion process of iron is shown. Phenolphthalein indicator turns violet and shows the presence of hydroxide ions, while Prussian blue indicator turns blue and shows the presence of iron ions.” This is part of the Open Educational Resources Initiative by the Faculty of Civil Engineering of the RWTH Aachen University. For […]

Making Nylon

A chemical demonstration of the synthesis of nylon in Carleton University’s CHEM 1000 course. Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. source