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I have returned! after a rather length hiatus. sorry bout that. 😛

here is the next installment of Edmunds Kit reviews.

Dehydration of Sucrose! Its a fun experiment. Check out the pics

We
liked the idea. We liked the chemicals. We kinda liked the results. There was a
problem with the actual experiment. If you look at the picture, the carbon is
rising out of the beaker. We tried everything provided in the kit. It came with
16 M H2SO4, chemical grade sucrose :-P, an acid neutralizer, and an info sheet.
We liked the chemical grade sucrose…hehe. We definitely liked the H2SO4. I
think the only step higher than that in our YAY scale would be vapor H2SO4 or
HCL. Mmm pure undiluted acid. Fun stuff. Anyways…

We unpacked, started up the lab. We decided that…16 M
acid is something to be cautious about. Rightly so. We used the fume hood. Mark
decided that we should use a large beaker, which we believe increased surface
area and decreased the visual effect. Added and mixing the chemicals, we added
it and waited for the rising black foam. It happened, just not as
spectacularly

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Second try, we used a smaller beaker, I added more
sugar, the rest of the H2SO4 and only a bit of the acid neutralizer. Sadly, we
kinda ran out of the acid, so this isn’t really a multi-trial experiment.

The experiment ended well, cleanup was easy, and I sported
two baggies of carbon laced with H2SO4 and base neutralizer residue. I’m still
figuring out what to do with it…but, we shall see. All in all, the lab was a
success, we DID dehydrate sucrose, it was fun, and relatively informative. Other
than the relative scarcity of some of the materials, we were pleased with the
lab. Its FUN! Lol

Before: After:

Homepage here.
Want to try this out yourself? get it here. its not too expensive 😉
We have a few others left. this one and this one. Oh, and this one

We should have those up in the next week. And, get ready for more posts tomorrow 😀