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The electric pickle : 50 experiments from the periodic table, from aluminum to zinc
Title:
The electric pickle : 50 experiments from the periodic table, from aluminum to zinc
ISBN:
9781613739594
Physical Description:
181 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Contents:
Hydrogen (1 H) : exploding hydrogen bubbles -- Helium (2 He) : hexed helium balloon -- Lithium (3 Li) : horrible hot dog -- Boron (5 B) : green tornado fire -- Rubber blubber slime -- Carbon (6 C) : bizarre gummy bears -- Flaming black snakes -- Psychedelic paper -- Nitrogen (7 N) : hilarious hot-air balloon -- Smokey cold pack -- Homemade ping-pong ball smoke bomb -- Oxygen (8 O) : freaky soap soufflé -- Daffy dry ice monster bubble -- Cornstarch-powered flamethrower -- Loony lava lamp -- Fluorine (9 F) : eggciting eggsperiment -- Neon (10 Ne) : surprising static bulb -- Sodium (11 Na) : electric pickle -- Hot ice insanity -- Perplexing crystals -- Baffling money burn -- Magnesium (12 Mg) : mystifying milk of magnesia -- Crazy colored crystals -- Aluminum (13 Al) : incredible shrinking potato chip bag -- Kooky can crusher -- Silicon (14 Si) : magical mystery sand.

Phosphorous (15 P) : radical rust remover -- Black light jell-o -- Sulfur (16 S) : ghastly green eggs -- Chlorine (17 Cl) : wacky woolly wool -- Potassium (19 k) : daring diet coke and mentos rocket -- Preposterous purple blaze -- Calcium (20 Ca) : silly naked eggs -- Weird walk on eggs -- Titanium (22 Ti) : mysterious memory metal -- Cool colors -- Chromium (24 Cr) : sizzling sphere smashup -- Manganese (25 Mn) : groovy genie in a bottle -- Iron (26 Fe) : bewildering burning steel -- Nickel (28 Ni) : gonzo pickle batteries -- Copper (29 Cu) : ketchup and copper -- Zinc (30 Zn) : shocking silver pennies -- Silver (47 Ag) : strange silverware -- Tin (50 Sn) : bonkers bonko cans -- Iodine (53 I) : wicked purple plastic eater -- Neodymium (60 Nd) : magnetic cheerios -- Tungsten (74 W) : mad microwaved light bulb -- Mercury (80 Hg) : totally tricky thermometer -- Lead (82 Pb) : ludicrous lead-pencil light bulb -- Bismuth (83 Bi) : crazy crystals.
Summary:
Why does a pickle light up when you plug it into a wall socket? Can iron burn? Are Cheerios magnetic? Explore these strange questions and more in The Electric Pickle, an indispensible collection of 50 madcap experiments based on the periodic table. Each project demonstrates an element's unique properties using easy-to-follow instructions. --
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