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Guests will see the award-winning Chemistry Resource Center, our Undergraduate Instrumentation Center, and the Undergraduate Lounge.
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Learn about the latest chemical research during research lab tours that are led by professors
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Student will be introduced to our undergraduate program, the relationship between their degree and their future career, clubs, award winning instructors, and scholarships during a 50-min presentation that includes numerous "exothermic" chemical demonstrations.
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Lunch and T-Shirt Chromatography
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A special roundtable lunch discussion for teacher's only
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A special lecture given by Professor Griep entitled "Chemistry in the Movies"
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Four or five $500 scholarships are awarded along with about two dozen door prizes
Demonstration
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Hydrogen gas is highly flammable and produces a loud bang when ignited!
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Sugars in the gummy bear are oxidized by KClO3.
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N2 gas is condensed to its boiling point (77K) under conditions of high pressure. It readily freezes many household objects and evaporates rapidly.
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Elephant toothpaste made by the reaction of dish soap and hydrogen peroxide using a KI catalyst.
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Kinetics - This interactive demonstration shows how reaction rates can be affected by concentration of the reactants.
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Red organic dye found in red cabbage acts as an acid/base indicator.
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Liquid iron is formed from the reduction of rust using aluminum metal.
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Nylon- The condensation of an organic diacid and diamine to form a polyamide, nylon.
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Simple hydrocarbons are highly flammable organic molecules often used as a fuel source. Our bottle rocket flies when isopropanol is ignited by electric current arcing across two wires.
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CO2 would normally put out a fire; however, in this case Mg actually pulls oxygen from the CO2 in order for it to burn, which leaves pure black carbon.
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