Although we only occasionally post to our CheMagic FaceBook page, the post archive of this FaceBook page may be of interest to users. Each post is a short story about a molecule or chemistry demo. The posts also link to demo videos and model kit activities. Clicking the blue bars below will show/hide specific FaceBook post links.
| Fickle Trickle A Simple Acid/Base Demo |
The Magic Bottle An Acid/Base Indicator Demo |
| Acetylene Explosion The Explosion of C2H2 Generated from CaC2 |
Combustion in Pure Oxygen Generation of Oxygen from 3% Hydrogen Peroxide |
| Light Scattering (I) Effect of Wavelength |
Light Scattering (II) Prussian Blue |
| Carbon Dioxide A Household Chemistry Challenge |
Genie in a Bottle Decomposition of Hydrogen 30% Peroxide |
| Goldenrod Dye An Acid-Base Indicator |
Climate Science 1 Acidic Oxides |
| Climate Science 2 Basic Oxides |
The CheMagic Road Show Keeping It Simple |
| Dribble Cup A Fun and Simple Demo |
Outreach Philosophy Our View: Fun and Professional Dignity |
| Clock Reaction Don't Look Away |
Scientific Method How Science is Done |
| Oscillating Clock Reaction Searching for Equilibrium |
Burning Sulfur Does it form SO3 |
| Alyea's Ammonia Fountain From "Tested Demonstrations" |
Sympathy for the Alchemist All that glitters is not gold |
| Simple Demos Tell a Story |
Oil of Wintergreen The Nose Knows |
| Penny Experiment Dissolve the Cu in a Penny |
Fun With Food Dyes I Effect of Bleach |
| Fun With Food Dyes II Effect of Hydrogen Peroxide |
| Fluorochlorobromoiodomethane The Little Molecule That Was Never Made |
Thalidomide The Molecule That Changed Our Ways |
| Limonene & Carvone Industrial Chemistry in a College Lab |
Ethyne Gibbs Free Energy & a Chemist's Sorry Pun |
| Diazomethane Interconversion of Resonance Structures |
Boranyloxyborane SMILES: A Molecule Named BOB |
| GoogleWhack A Tale of a Forgotten Molecule |
Tetrahedrane Platonic Molecule Number One |
| Member Model Kit Posting A How To Model Kit Action List Post |
Cubane Platonic Molecule Number Two |
| Dodecahedrane Platonic Molecule Number Three |
4kqx A Molecule That Changed Its Ways |
| Aspirin Part of Synthetic Prodrug History |
Propafol Sweet Dreams Are Made of This |
| URL Share 1 Load a Model by Name (Resolver) |
URL Share 2 Save/Load a Model Kit "Stage" |
| URL Share 3 Save/Load a Complex Jmol Stage Script |
Acetalilide The Tale of a Toxic Prodrug |
| Lisetin A Molecule Named for A Little Girl |
SMILES Post 1 Atoms and Bonds |
| SMILES Post 2 Disconnected Structures & Branches |
SMILES Post 3 Canonical SMILES |
| Model Kit Action List: Acrylonitrile Based on Chicago ACS Post - 12/26/19 |
Model Kit Action List: Dodecaphenyltetracene Based on ACS Molecules of the Year 2019 |
| Model Kit Action List: Menthol Based on Chicago ACS Post - 12/28/19 |
Model Kit Action List: Chocolate Based on Chicago ACS Post - 12/29/19 |
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