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May 19, 2004

Home Experiments

Collapsing a soft drink can, fireproofing a balloon, creating cool light, and bending water are among the activities offered by Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, a chemistry professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His Web pages provide instructions for performing these and other experiments at home.

Go to: scifun.chem.wisc.edu/homeexpts/HOMEEXPTS.HTML

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