Thursday, June 4, 2009

Chemistry Club take on oxidizing agents... what?

Ahhh... sodium nitrate! I asked my club members to write any massage on a piece of paper using sodium nitrate. It's like a "secret message" thing. Then, when the whole thing was dried, they ignited the small part of their message with a smoldering match stick (no fire) and poof! Message revealed.
This activity was fun and smelly. The club members loved the smoke and they were oooohhhhs and aaahhhhs when the message appeared.

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