Copper Bowls for Egg Whites
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This Day in Science History - April 27 - Wallace Carothers
April 27th is the birthday of Wallace Carothers. While working for DuPont, Carothers invented the first commercially successful thermoplastic, nylon. Nylon was first used in bristles for toothbrushes, but ladies ...Read Full Post (Source: About.com Chemistry)
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Science Fair Project Help
Science fair projects are a great way to learn about experimentation, the scientific method, and science concepts. However, it can be hard to find an idea or get answers to ...Read Full Post (Source: About.com Chemistry)
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Why More People Drown in Fresh Water than Salt Water
First off, were you aware more people drown in fresh water than in salt water? In fact, 90% of drownings occur in fresh water, such as swimming pools, lakes and ...Read Full Post (Source: About.com Chemistry)
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Grow Great Crystals
It's fun to grow crystals! Some crystals are edible, like rock candy, while others are fascinating because of their colors or shapes. Here are some resources to get you started:
How to Grow Crystals
Troubleshooting Problems Growing Crystals
Crystal Recipes at a Glance
Crystal Shapes & Structures
Grow a Charcoal Crystal Garden
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This Day in Science History - April 26 - Chernobyl Disaster
April 26th is the anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. In 1986, operators of Reactor 4 began a delayed scheduled test that would cause a chain of events that would ...Read Full Post (Source: About.com Chemistry)
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This Day in Science History - April 25 - Wolfgang Pauli
April 25th is Nobel Prize winning Austrian physicist Wolfgang Pauli's birthday. Pauli is best known for the Pauli Exclusion Principle which states no two electrons in an atom can have ...Read Full Post (Source: About.com Chemistry)
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Gallium Beating Heart
The mercury beating heart experiment involves placing a blob of mercury into some acid, adding an oxidizer and approaching the mercury with a piece of iron. An electrochemical reaction causes ...Read Full Post (Source: About.com Chemistry)
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Is It Safe to Reboil Water?
You may have heard that is is unhealthy to reboil water or even to boil it away when cooking. Unless your water is exceedingly pure, reboiling water drives off the ...Read Full Post (Source: About.com Chemistry)
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Grow a Cup-o-Crystals
From my list of quick crystal projects, here's a favorite. This one takes a minute to set up, yielding a mass of needle-like crystals after about three hours in your ...Read Full Post (Source: About.com Chemistry)
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Why Does the Pool Turn Blonde Hair Green?
I'm not blonde, but I was as a kid. After a few weeks of summer, my hair would turn from blonde to pale green. Why? I always thought it was ...Read Full Post (Source: About.com Chemistry)
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Darvaza Gas Crater - Extremely Cool Fire Tourist Attraction
Have you heard of the Darvaza Gas Crater or The Burning Gate to Hell? It is a massive burning crater that resulted from a natural gas accident that occurred in ...Read Full Post (Source: About.com Chemistry)
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Happy Earth Day!
The purpose of the day is to inspire appreciation for the earth's environment and awareness of issues that threaten it. With that in mind, here's a look ...Read Full Post (Source: About.com Chemistry)
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This Day in Science History - April 22 - Rita Levi-Montalcini
April 22ndis the birthday of Rita Levi-Montalcini. She was awarded half the 1986 Nobel Prize in Medicine for the discovery of nerve growth factors. Upon graduation in 1936 with a ...Read Full Post (Source: About.com Chemistry)
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420 and Marijuana
Today's date is 4-20, which means it's 420. What is 420? It's a sort of counterculture ...Read Full Post (Source: About.com Chemistry)
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