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CHEMISTRY Experiments for Children Formerlytitled CHEMISTRYFORCHILDREN byVirginia L.Mullin IllustratedbyBernard Case DoverPublic ...

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CONTENTS BEFOREYOUBEGIN 5 THELANGUAGEOFCHEMISTRy............... 7 SETTING UP YOURLABORATORy..................................... ...

THECHEMISTRYOFFIRE......................................................... 62 How You Can Discover What a Flame Is...WhatAre th ...

BEFORE YOU BEGIN You are oneofthe very luckiest ofpeople-tobe growing up in the Ageof Science.Fora long while, boys and girls us ...

whatequipmentand chemicals you will need, and you will have an idea in advanceoftheproceduresyou aresupposedto follow. There wil ...

THE LANGUAGE OF CHEMISTRY By the time you are oldenoughto read this bookyou will surely have heard people using words like these ...

containingatoms of morethanone element. The way a chemist uses numbers in this scientificshorthandshows theproportionof differen ...

different kinds ofatomsin a molecule changes, the substancebecomes com- pletely different. IfH is the symbol forhydrogen,then wh ...

This is the same as saying: 4(H's)+2(0's)~4(H's)+2(0's). In regular language, theequationnow says: when four atoms of hydrogen u ...

hydroxyl radical, consisting ofhydrogen and oxygen. Therefore, whenever you see thewordssulfate, nitrate,hydroxyorhydroxylin aco ...

SETTING UP YOUR LABORATORY In some ways, alaboratoryis very much like alibrary;butinsteadoflooking upinformation,thelaboratorywo ...

-tf- and corks of different sizes. Keep all of these inseparateplaces on the shelves or in drawers or boxes which are clearly la ...

Equipment You May Find at Home or Easily Buy drawingpaper,black and white drinkingstraws dry cells, 1t-volt eyedropper flashligh ...

How toMakea Test Tube Holder.Cuta 12-inch piece of wire from the lower edgeofa wirecoathanger. Use a wirecutteror apairofwire-cu ...

bottom.Slip an empty test tube into each hole in the top andthroughthe hole directly below it.Ifyou traced the holes correctly, ...

able to use these holes to hold either the ringsupportor the clamp.Insertthe dowel stickintothe hole in the centeroftheboard. To ...

Chemical Name Formula Common Name Where Available Benzene C.H. hardwarestore benzol drugstore Boracic acid H.BO. boric acid drug ...