Chemistry Videos from the Journal of Chemical Education

The Journal of Chemical Education has 16 very short and interesting (e.g., toxic substances, solutions, ferrofluids, explosions!) chemical experiments caught on video. View them here.

Here's mercury behaving like a beating heart. Wild.

And a feather causing a big kaboom!

Be careful what you touch in the lab!

Giant Crystals

This article explains how giant crystals formed in the Cueva de los Cristales -- "The conditions were perfect. By maintaining the temperature just below 58 degrees for a very long time you get a few, very big crystals," said Professor Garcia-Ruiz.

We'll see how they compare to the crystals being grown in our classroom...