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In The Classroom
Tested Demonstrations
A Method for Generating Oxygen from Consumer Chemicals
Stephen W. Wright
Pfizer Global Research and Development, Groton, CT 06340

Checked by
Bruce Mattson
Department of Chemistry, Creighton University, Omaha NE 68178-0104

Byyan Showalter and Kyle Wagner
Department of Physical Sciences, Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA 19530
Cover
October 2003
Vol. 80 No. 10
p. 1158
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.

See Editor's Note re: this article.
More Information
*  Citation
 Wright, Stephen W. J. Chem. Educ. 2003 80 1158.
*  Keywords
 Demonstrations; Elementary / Middle School Science; General Chemistry; Introductory / High School Chemistry; Oxygen; Redox Reactions
*  History
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Last Updated:		 April 13, 2004
February 28, 2005
Link to Editor's Note added (April 2004).
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