A classroom demonstration of exothermicity

Submitted by: Erwin Boschmann, Depto. de Quimica y Geologia, Univ. Agraria-Apartado 456, Lima, Peru. Tested by: Roosevalt Alcorn, Michigan State Unive...
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PREPARATION

I'mvidr solid wdirtm hgdroxidr, iodine flnkn, nnd n lnrgr t r s t tuhr. PREPARATION

Sprinklr iodinr flnkn onto t h r lower ontddc of tho prr\.iowly moistrnrd t r s t t t ~ h r . ' IGll the tuhr n h u t . '/, 11111with wntrr nncl dis.wlvr sovrrnl grnms of SnOFl in i t . Ohsrrvr thrsr~hlimatiottof iodinr ngninst n whitr hnckgrot~nd. T h r f ~ t m r snrr intrnsr rnortph lo h r srrn hy rt rlns- of onr hunclrnl slt~clrnts. REMARKS

'I'hr s u r c n s of n Ircturr drmonstrntion lim pnrtinllv in n vivid visnnlisntion of n c n w r and riTrct rrlntionship.

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Jwrnal of Chemical Education

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A little p.lywrinc r i l l help to hold thc iodinenn i h e t ~ ~ h e . llumm~S. AI.YF% .AS!>F~IF:W:IIN1%.1)rrros. (t.~di/om).