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It's our chemical all-star team of death. We've got historic poisons that have claimed the lives of millions in a sinister manner, along with a couple of chemicals that might be in your home.

Proof that everything is easier to learn when presented via Pokemon-style. Artist Kacie D. lovingly anthropomorphized every single element, which deserves to be converted into a children's book.

Despite all the nuclear fusion that has occurred in stars since the big bang, hydrogen is still by far the most abundant element in the universe, and makes up four-fifths of all ordinary matter. For a while it was touted as the fuel of the future, bu...

Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law or some variant. One student, however, wrote the following:

Molten potassium chlorate is a strong oxidizing agent that reacts violently with sugar. Gummy bears have lots of sugar in them.

Interactive 3D molecule viewer in HTML5. Works with PDB/MOL/SDF formats.

Chemistry is a mystery for a lot of people. Sometimes it can be funny Chemistry... LOL. This is one of the funny Chemistry jokes.

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For anyone who insists it is fake, www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aD6HwUE2c0 and stop giving me a headache. Watch to the end for the best (Cesium!)! A wonderful re...

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Molecular Gastronomy (Sferificación) recipe in a short video. Food-------------- Albert y Ferran Adriá http://www.albertyferranadria.com/eng/texturas-spherification-eines.html Music------------- song:…

Chemical reactions are part of our daily lives. From cooking in the kitchen, to driving a car, these reactions are commonplace. This list is aimed at some of the more exotic and amazing reactions that most of us have not seen or experienced. My kn...

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What do you get when you mix potassium, diethyl ether and a little bit of water? More chemistry at http://www.periodicvideos.com/ Follow us on Facebook at ht...

Our updated video about Gallium includes an experiment called "the beating heart" and news of a breakthrough in a our very own labs! More at http://www.perio...

Awesome Explosion! Fun with liquid nitrogen! This is a video of a BLEVE (Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion) that I did out behind the school for my ch...

Pete shows us a fiery reaction that doesn't need a match. For more on hypergolic reactions see our Lunar Lift-Off video.

Our updated Oxygen video features new footage displaying the paramagnetism of liquid oxygen. More chemistry at http://www.periodicvideos.com/ Follow us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/periodicvideos And on Twitter at http://twitter.com/perio...

Science of Everyday Things, containing articles about Real-Life Chemistry Vol 3 - Physics Vol 1

From Steve Spangler Science... For years we have been making seven layer density columns. We challenged our team to not only add two mo

Explosions and science from UK Sky One series Brainiac.

Face Of Chemistry Reaction between Iodine and aluminum. These 2 components were mixed together. Then a few drops of hot water were dripped. This chemical rea...

This is our chemistry teacher trying to do an oxygen + acetylene experiment (O2 + C2H2), but I think it was more powerful than he expected. P.s. I didn't rec...

Fill in the periodic table by naming the elements. Bet you can't name them all.

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Marie Curie is proud to present: "Chemicals having a party". Sexy carbons, bored noble gases, explosive reactions. More information: http://www.ec.europa.eu/...

We have featured projects from teenage chemist Hayden Parker, who is this semester an entering freshman at Willamette University, several times since he first showed up on our radar at Bay Area Mak...

Mr. Bergmann performs the exploding pumpkin trick as part of a Halloween demo day for his chemistry students. Now that's how you carve a pumpkin!

Stories of gruesome murders and a classic demonstration of sulfuric acid and sugar. More chemistry at http://www.periodicvideos.com/

Large photos of pure chemical elements from the periodic table, published under a Creative Commons license.

Today's student presentation comes from Drew and Matt at Penn State. Both are soon-to-be graduates, but Drew is a chemical engineer, and Matt is a chemist. I should point out that they're completely ignoring that most chemical engineers think they're...

Digging up a star nose mole

How to restore old silver with aluminum foil or a battery by electrochemistry. Old silver is often tarnished by a thin layer of silver sulfide that appears a...

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There's a subreddit devoted to GIFs of chemical reactions . They are hypnotizing.

Mercury(II) thiocyanate decomposition. This just gives me the creeps.