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Chemical Magic (Dover Books on Chemistry) Paperback – July 27, 1993

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Classic guide provides intriguing entertainment while elucidating sound scientific principles, with more than 100 unusual stunts: cold fire, dust explosions, a nylon rope trick, a disappearing beaker, much more.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dover Publications Inc.; Subsequent edition (July 27, 1993)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 109 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0486676285
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0486676289
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.5 x 8.5 inches

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Walter Stoneburner

Amazing Experiments ...that you can't do.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 12, 2007

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This book reminds me of how we've gone a society of educational discovers to one that irrationally sees harm in a simple chemistry set.

There are experiments that I've heard told and retold, some of which I seriously attributed to exaggeration. For instance, a glass beaker submerged in a liquid that has the same refractive index as glass, rendering the beaker completely invisible. Or, another, volumes of smoke made as if by magic.

It turns out they're all in here! Don't let the physical size fool you, because this book is chalked full of some of the most amazing and impressive chemistry experiments you've ever seen.

The problem, however, is that the typical home reader won't be able to get their hands on these chemicals anymore. So while you can read about them, you can't conduct the experiments yourself.

About the only people who'd get practical benefit out of this book would be college chemistry professors who want to lure students into the profession. This would be an impressive way to do it.

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Impressive Demonstrations But Very Dangerous

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The experiments in this book are pretty accurate and quite likely to perform as described. However, the level of danger involved makes many of them unsuited to the 'magician performance show' setting the book advocates. Almost every demonstration described should only be performed by an experienced chemist with much more safety procedures implemented than are explained. The 'magical' portion of a show using the procedures from this book would be completing the performance without injuring the presenter and those in the audience. DO NOT ATTEMPT anything from this book until you have a complete understanding of the safe handling methods for each chemical involved (reactant and product) and the energy released. It is quite easy to fill a room with poisonous gas, splatter acid, and/or send flying debris from explosions throughout a room with these experiments.

I am far from a 'safety nut' and do enjoy the more volatile experiments over today's standard classroom chemistry. However, there is still a line between fun and negligence. As I have found out the hard way, small miscalculations can turn a fun puff of smoke into a dangerous detonation.

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Bruce Lindgren

Outstandiing Motivation for STEM

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Every high school chemistry teacher should have a copy of this book. There are many great demonstrations to stimulate students to think about chemistry.

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Could I get in trouble with this book as a tenager

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A long time ago and in a far more reasonable land where chemicals were available to those interested in chemistry I thin I could have had a lot of fun, and perhaps gotten more than one lecture on what was 'appropriate' with the knowledge in this book. Today I would possibly be considered a terrorist for making sparks and smoke, let alone things which go pop and bang. I also thing that there are many parts which seem to be missing in this current copy based on what I recall from twenty years or so ago when I had an older copy, or perhaps it was a different book with a similar title.

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When we were free.

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I had this wondrous book of dangerous ideas back many decades ago when I was a kid. I would pour through it and select the next experiment to try. At that time most of the chemicals were readily available and you didn't risk the attention of the FBI, ATF and NSA. My dad and I whipped up a number of great concoctions and managed not to blow ourselves up or suffer any other major or permanent injury. Today, I guess this is just for nostalgia, but still a great little book!

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Donald L. Bricker II

There are easy chemical formulas that appear as if magic were happening.

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Chemical magic, the title says it all. Easy chemical formulations that allow people to perform chemistry as if it were magic.

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fun little book of chemistry tricks

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unless you are currently familiar with chemistry projects, I would suggest thast you get Caveman chemistry to go along with this book. After roughly 35 years I have finally figured out how those rowdy high school chemistry students blew the shoes off a student in a stairwell :) They explain how if used in small quantities you get a harmless snap crackle and pop sound but when over applied you get a highly sensitive explosion that a feather touch can set off. Learn how ot make invisible ink, to turn whisky into water. to turn water to milk back to water. many "magic tricks" that are done with chemistry.

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Norman D. Hubele

Every high school science teacher should use this to make science more fun!!

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A great text for the neophyte chemist that want to pull of some good tricks. It is magic for sure. Have fun.

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Brian

chemistry for fun

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This is a fun book that is interesting. It is basic so it is understandable to most people Buy it

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