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Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center

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Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center

Overview:

When chemicals react a number of things can happen:  two liquids can form a solid, a gas can be produced, things can change color, OR materials can combust. This video shows what happens when we place an organic substance (a material with a "carbon backbone" like sugar, or wood) into a particular hot and liquefied "oxidizer". The results are extremely exothermic, over 1,500 degrees F exothermic.

Length: 01:00

Content Areas: Science

Alabama Course of Study Alignments and/or Professional Development Standard Alignments:

[S1] PHS (9-12) 5: Describe physical and chemical changes in terms of endothermic and exothermic processes.
[S1] CHE (9-12) 5: Use the kinetic theory to explain states of matter, phase changes, solubility, and chemical reactions.