Learn how to make black fire by applying simple chemistry and physics to make flames absorb light rather than emit it. It's easy and cool.
Monthly Archives: September 2018
Have you ever noticed your hair grows faster on one side than the other? Your stylist may have pointed it out when you went in for a cut or you may have observed it when shaving your face or legs. Your fingernails and toenails may grow faster on one side […]
Why Hair Grows Faster on One Side
Learn why orange juice tastes bad after brushing. Understand the chemistry that changes how food tastes when you use toothpaste.
Why Orange Juice Tastes Bad After Brushing Your Teeth
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)
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
Cubic inches ( in3 ) and liters ( L ) are both units of volume. Cubic inches is an imperial unit still used in engineering and a liter is a metric unit adopted into the international SI units. These two example problems show how to convert in3 to L and […]
Convert in3 to L – Cubic Inches to Liters Example ...
Pounds ( Lbs ) and Kilograms ( Kg ) are two units used to measure weight. Technically, kilograms are a unit of mass and pounds are a unit of force, but both have been used to measure the weights of things. These example problems show how to convert lbs to […]
Convert Lbs to Kg Example Problem
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
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 […]