A Method for Generating Oxygen from Consumer Chemicals

Stephen W. Wright
Pfizer Global Research and Development, Groton, CT 06340
Byyan Showalter and Kyle Wagner
Department of Physical Sciences, Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA 19530
J. Chem. Educ., 2003, 80 (10), p 1158
DOI: 10.1021/ed080p1158
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 2003

Abstract

The rapidly accelerated combustion of wood, paper, carbon, a candle, and steel wool in oxygen gas is presented. The oxygen gas is generated as needed in the bottles used for the demonstration using chemicals readily available on the retail market: liquid chlorine bleach and 3% hydrogen peroxide.

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Keywords (Audience):

Elementary / Middle School Science

Keywords (Domain):

Demonstrations

Keywords (Feature):

Tested Demonstrations

Keywords (Subject):

Oxygen
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