Demonstrations in Volume 2

5. PHYSICAL BEHAVIOR OF GASES

George M. Bodner, Rodney Schreiner, Thomas J. Greenbowe, Glen E. Dirreen, and Bassam Z. Shakhashiri

• 5.1 Collapsing Can
• 5.2 Mercury Barometers
• 5.3 Effect of Pressure on the Size of a Balloon
• 5.4 Boyle's Law
• 5.5 Boyle's Law and the Mass of a Textbook
• 5.6 Thermal Expansion of Gases
• 5.7 Charles's Law
• 5.8 Determination of Absolute Zero
• 5.9 Dependence of Pressure on the Amount of Gas
• 5.10 Dalton's Law of Partial Pressures
• 5.11 Avogadro's Hypothesis
• 5.12 Determination of the Molecular Mass of the Gas from a Butane Lighter
• 5.13 Determination of the Molecular Mass of a Volatile Liquid: The Dumas Method
• 5.14 Flow of Gases Through a Porous Cup
• 5.15 Ratio of Diffusion Coefficients: The Ammonium Chloride Ring
• 5.16 Molecular Collisions: The Diffusion of Bromine Vapor
• 5.17 Graham's Law of Diffusion
• 5.18 Graham's Law of Effusion
• 5.19 Liquid-Vapor Equilibrium
• 5.20 Solid-Vapor Equilibrium
• 5.21 Boiling Liquids at Reduced Pressure
• 5.22 Vapor Pressure
• 5.23 Relative Velocity of Sound Propagation: Musical Molecular Weights
• 5.24 Electrical Conductivity of Gases
• 5.25 Superheated Steam
• 5.26 Kinetic Molecular Theory Simulator

6. CHEMICAL BEHAVIOR OF GASES

Rodney Schreiner, Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, Glen E. Dirreen, and Lenard J. Magginnis

• 6.1 Preparation and Properties of Carbon Dioxide
• 6.2 Reactions of Carbon Dioxide in Aqueous Solution
• 6.3 Reaction Between Carbon Dioxide and Limewater
• 6.4 Carbon Dioxide Equilibria and Reaction Rates: Carbonic Anhydrase-catalyzed Hydration
• 6.5 Combustion of Magnesium in Carbon Dioxide
• 6.6 Preparation and Properties of Hydrogen
• 6.7 Explosiveness of Hydrogen
• 6.8 Preparation and Properties of Oxygen
• 6.9 Reaction of Oxygen with Dextrose: "The Blue-Bottle Experiment"
• 6.10 Preparation and Properties of Liquid Oxygen
• 6.11 Explosive Reaction of Hydrogen and Oxygen
• 6.12 Preparation and Properties of Nitrogen
• 6.13 Combustion of a Candle in Air
• 6.14 Combustion of Magnesium in Air
• 6.15 Preparation and Properties of Nitrogen(II) Oxide
• 6.16 Reaction Between Nitrogen(II) Oxide and Oxygen: Combining Volumes of Gases
• 6.17 Equilibrium Between Nitrogen Dioxide and Dinitrogen Tetroxide
• 6.18 Preparation and Properties of Sulfur Dioxide
• 6.19 Combining Volume of Oxygen with Sulfur
• 6.20 Preparation and Properties of Methane
• 6.21 Combustion of Methane
• 6.22 Preparation and Properties of Hydrogen Chloride
• 6.23 Preparation and Properties of Ammonia
• 6.24 Gas Solubility: The Fountain Effect
• 6.25 Reaction Between Ammonia and Hydrogen Chloride
• 6.26 Catalytic Oxidation of Ammonia
• 6.27 Vapor-Phase Oxidations
• 6.28 Preparation and Properties of Chlorine
• 6.29 Facilitated Transport of Carbon Dioxide Through a Soap Film

7. OSCILLATING CHEMICAL REACTIONS

Earle S. Scott, Rodney Schreiner, Lee R. Sharpe, Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, and Glen E. Dirreen

• 7.1 Briggs-Rauscher Reaction
• 7.2 Cerium-catalyzed Bromate-Malonic Acid Reaction (The Classic Belousov-Zhabotinsky Reaction)
• 7.3 Cerium-catalyzed Bromate-Methylmalonic Acid Reaction (A Modified Belousov-Zhabotinsky Reaction)
• 7.4 Cerium-catalyzed Bromate-Ethylacetoacetate Reaction (A Modified Belousov-Zhabotinsky Reaction)
• 7.5 Manganese-catalyzed Bromate-Ethylacetoacetate Reaction (A Modified Belousov-Zhabotinsky Reaction)
• 7.6 Manganese-catalyzed Bromate-Malonic Acid Reaction (A Modified Belousov-Zhabotinsky Reaction)
• 7.7 Manganese-catalyzed Bromate-2,4-Pentanedione Reaction (A Modified Belousov-Zhabotinsky Reaction)
• 7.8 Manganese-catalyzed Bromate-Citric Acid Reaction (A Modified Belousov-Zhabotinsky Reaction)
• 7.9 Photofluorescent Cerium-catalyzed Bromate-Malonic Acid Reaction (A Modified Belousov-Zhabotinsky Reaction)
• 7.10 Oxidation of Pyrogallol by Bromate
• 7.11 Oxidation of Tannic Acid by Bromate
• 7.12 Traveling Waves of Color
• 7.13 Nitrogen Gas Evolution Oscillator
• 7.14 Liesegang Rings