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Silver Nitrate reacting with Calcium Chloride.

Silver Ingots; silver that has been cast into small bunches for further processing, easy shipping, or storage. Silver has the highest Electrical and t...

Salt Cystal, Fluorite Crystal, Cinnabar Nugget, and Iron(lll) Powder.

Rust on Chain Link. Rust is hydrated iron oxide, and results from a reaction between iron and atmospheric water vapour and oxygen. This corrodes and w...

Rust on Iron Rail. Rust is a general term for iron oxides formed by the reaction of iron with oxygen.

Potassium Reacting with Water. Potassium Burning in Water. Potassium (symbol K) is a highly reactive metallic element of group one of the periodic tab...

Potassium Burning in Water. Potassium (symbol K) is a highly reactive metallic element of group one of the periodic table. It reacts with water to pro...

Platinum mesh and bar.

Paper Chromatography of Ink. Chromatography is an analytical process, which separates a compound into its constituent chemicals. Chromatography paper...

Paper Chromatography of Ink. Chromatography is an analytical process, which separates a compound into its constituent chemicals. Chromatography paper...

Paper Chromatography of Ink. Chromatography is an analytical process, which separates a compound into its constituent chemicals. Chromatography paper...

Paper Chromatography of Ink. Chromatography is an analytical process, which separates a compound into its constituent chemicals. Chromatography paper...

Paper Chromatography of Ink. Chromatography is an analytical process, which separates a compound into its constituent chemicals. Chromatography paper...

Nitrogen Dioxide Equilibrium shown in cold and hot water baths. A change in temperature in tubes of NO2 and N2O4, nitrogen compounds, shifts equilibri...

Nickel Ingots. Nickel, (Ni) is a soft, malleable, and ductile metal with the atomic number 28. It is soluble in acids and resists corrosion in air. Ni...

Liquid Mercury. Mercury (Hg), atomic numbe 80, is a silvery liquid used in thermometers and barometers. It is most commonly obtained by the reduction...

Mercuric Oxide being heated to form a mirror surface. Mercury oxide (HgO) is a toxic compound that may be either red or yellow.

Lithium Burning in Oxygen. Lithium (Li) is the lightest of the soft alkali metals. It can be cut with a knife. It reacts rapidly with water and oxygen...

Lithium (Li) is the lightest of the soft alkali metals. It can be cut with a knife. It reacts rapidly with water and oxygen in the air, therefore is u...

Sheep preserved in Formaldehyde.

Iron Filings Burning over a Bunsen Burner.

Soap Film; Constructive Interference of Light Reflected. Bands of color are created by white light shining on a film of soap. Some of the light reflec...

Heated brass being plunged into water and recording the Temperature.

Heating brass before being plunged into water to record its Temperature.

Gold Ingots; gold that has been cast into small bunches for further processing, easy shipping, or storage. The most malleable and ductile metal with t...

Fish preserved in Formaldehyde.

Sodium metal. Freshly cut shiny surfaces of sodium metal. Sodium (Na) is an alkali metal. It is soft enough to be cut with a knife. It reacts rapidly...

Sodium metal. Freshly cut shiny surfaces of sodium metal. Sodium (Na) is an alkali metal. It is soft enough to be cut with a knife. It reacts rapidly...

Copper Reacting in Silver Nitrate.

Copper ingots; Copper that has been cast into small bunches for further processing, easy shipping, or storage. Copper is a ductile metal with the symb...

Chlorine being formed by Electrolysis. An electric current passes through chemical compounds to separate the individual elements.

Chlorine being formed by Electrolysis. An electric current passes through chemical compounds to separate the individual elements.

Charcoal Briquet Burning. Charcoal is a black, porous, carbonaceous material, made up of 85 to 98 percent carbon. It is produced by the destructive di...

Charcoal Briquet Burning. Charcoal is a black, porous, carbonaceous material, made up of 85 to 98 percent carbon. It is produced by the destructive di...

Catalytic Converter used in automobiles to reduce toxins produced by the emissions from the combustion engine.

Calcium Carbide reacting with Water to form Acetylene and being burned off.

Three of the alkaline earth metals; Calicum Berylliium Magnesium. Elements that are usually found in the earths crust; part of group 2 in the periodic...

Bunsen Burner. This is a common piece of laboratory equipment used for heating, sterilization and combustion. The amount of oxygen mixed with the gas...

Brass Sundial with Green Patina. Sundial measure time by the positioning of the sun. The green coloring on this sundial comes from Patina which forms...

An iron pipe decomposing from deposits of silica and other contaminants found in boiler water. Also known as scale, or boiler scale.

An iron pipe decomposing from deposits of silica and other contaminants found in boiler water. Also known as scale, or boiler scale.

Bismuth crystal. Bismuth is a heavy, brittle, crystalline metal. This rectangular crystal structure only forms when bismuth is slowly cooled in the la...

Arsenic and its compounds are used as pesticides, herbicides, insecticides and various alloys. It is atomic number 33 with the symbol As, and is known...

Ingots of antimony. The chemical element Antimony (stibium) is used in a variety of alloys. It is also commonly usded in flame-proofing, ceramics, ena...

Crystals of sea salt used in cooking

A bulging can of fruit, indicating spoilage.

Alum crystals.

A magnet attracts a paper clip.

A magnet attracts paper clips.

A magnet attracts metal objects.