The Electric Pickle: 50 Experiments from the Periodic Table, from Aluminum to Zinc

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Why does a pickle light up when you plug it into a wall socket? Can iron burn? Are Cheerios magnetic? Explore these strange questions and more in The Electric Pickle, an indispensible collection of 50 madcap experiments based on the periodic table. Each project demonstrates an element's unique properties using easy-to-follow instructions. Experiments include: Hexed Helium Balloon Green Tornado Fire Black Light Jell-O Gonzo Pickle Batteries Totally Tricky Thermometer Ludicrous Lead-Pencil Lightbulb The Electric Pickle is also sprinkled with mind-bending scientific facts and entertaining sidebars about historic experiments and less common, often dangerous, elements. Front Cover Title Page Half Title Copyright Contents Introduction Hydrogen 1. Exploding Hydrogen Bubbles Helium 2. Hexed Helium Balloon Lithium 3. Horrible Hot Dog Boron 4. Green Tornado Fire 5. Rubber Blubber Slime Carbon 6. Bizarre Gummy Bears 7. Flaming Black Snakes 8. Psychedelic Paper Nitrogen 9. Hilarious Hot-Air Balloon 10. Smoky Cold Pack 11. Homemade Ping-Pong Ball Smoke Bomb Oxygen 12. Freaky Soap Soufflé 13. Daffy Dry Ice Monster Bubble 14. Cornstarch-Powered Flamethrower 15. Loony Lava Lamp Fluorine 16. Eggciting Eggsperiment Neon 17. Surprising Static Bulb Sodium 18. Electric Pickle 19. Hot Ice Insanity 20. Perplexing Crystals 21. Baffling Money Burn Magnesium 22. Mystifying Milk of Magnesia 23. Crazy Colored Crystals Aluminum 24. Incredible Shrinking Potato Chip Bag 25. Kooky Can Crusher Silicon 26. Magical Mystery Sand Phosphorous 27. Radical Rust Remover 28. Black Light Jell-O Sulfur 29. Ghastly Green Eggs Chlorine 30. Wacky Woolly Wool Potassium 31. Daring Diet Coke and Mentos Rocket 32. Preposterous Purple Blaze Calcium 33. Silly Naked Eggs 34. Weird Walk on Eggs Titanium 35. Mysterious Memory Metal 36. Cool Colors Chromium 37. Sizzling Sphere Smashup Manganese 38. Groovy Genie in a Bottle Iron 39. Bewildering Burning Steel Nickel 40. Gonzo Pickle Batteries Copper 41. Ketchup and Copper Zinc 42. Shocking Silver Pennies Silver 43. Strange Silverware Tin 44. Bonkers Bonko Cans Iodine 45. Wicked Purple Plastic Eater Neodymium 46. Magnetic Cheerios Tungsten 47. Mad Microwaved Lightbulb Mercury 48. Totally Tricky Thermometer Lead 49. Ludicrous Lead-Pencil Lightbulb Bismuth 50. Crazy Crystals Acknowledgment Sources About the Author Back Cover