Monthly Archives: September 2018

For real: If you shine a low-pressure sodium lamp on a yellow sodium flame, the flame will be black.
Flames emits light and heat, so it seems impossible to make black fire. However, you actually can make black fire by controlling the wavelengths of absorbed and emitted light. Black Fire Materials The set-up is simple and only requires a few materials: Alcohol Salt solution Low-pressure sodium (LPS) lamp Alcohol […]

How to Make Black Fire

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Genetic Code Study Sheet
The genetic code is the set of instructions cells use to translate information from genetic material (DNA or mRNA) into amino acids. In turn, amino acids are strung together and modified to build proteins. The genetic code is sometimes called the universal code because it is used by nearly all […]

Genetic Code Chart (PDF)

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Add highlighter ink to make water glow under a black light or phosphorescent powder to really make glowing water.
Glowing water is useful for making spectacular fountains, “magic” potions, and for added pizazz for a party or science project. Chemicals to Make Water Glow in the Dark Ordinarily, water doesn’t glow. There’s actually an exception to this. Water in a nuclear reactor does glow blue due to Cherenkov radiation. […]

How to Make Glowing Water

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Cubic Centimeters to Liters Conversion
Cubic centimeters (cm3) and liters (L) are both metric units of volume. Converting between these two units is a straightforward problem. These two example problems show how to convert cm3 to liters and liters to cm3. cm3 to Liters Conversion Factor To convert between cm3 and liters, it is helpful […]

How to Convert Convert cm3 to Liters

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Greek letters spelling out Science!
Writing online about scientific or mathematical topics, you’ll notice you need to write a lot of Greek letters. You’ll also have trouble finding these letters on your keyboard. This table will help you with the HTML codes for Greek letters. The table contains both capital and lower case letters, a […]

HTML Codes for Greek Letters

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