Learn what cream of tartar is in cooking and how to substitute it in recipes. Get facts about the chemistry of potassium bitartrate.
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Learn how to make buttermilk using simple kitchen ingredients. Learn how buttermilk works in recipes and whether or not you can freeze it.
How to Make Buttermilk – Easy Recipes Recently updated !
Learn the difference between baking soda and baking powder and why you can't always substitute between these leavening agents.
Baking Soda vs Baking Powder – What’s the Difference? Recently updated !
Learn why leaves change color in the fall and see the chemistry of the pigment molecules responsible for different leaf colors.
Why Leaves Change Color in the Fall – Chemistry
October is the perfect month for spooky Halloween science projects and experiments. Here’s a collection of projects to make gooey slime, glow in the dark items, and creepy pumpkins. Halloween Science Projects Slime Ectoplasm Slime – Whether or not you believe spirits generate ectoplasm (like Slimer in the movie Ghostbusters), […]
Halloween Science Projects
Learn about the thermite reaction and see how to perform this reaction as an exothermic chemistry demonstration.
Thermite Reaction Chemistry Demonstration Recently updated !
Learn how to clean silver at home using chemistry. Remove tarnish and polish sterling silver without harming your items.
How to Clean Silver – Remove Tarnish Using Chemistry Recently updated !
Learn about refraction in physics. Get its definition and explore Snell's law and the index of refraction. Get examples for light and sound.
Refraction – Definition, Refractive Index, Snell’s Law Recently updated !
Turn water into liquid gold with this classic alchemy experiment that makes sparkling orpiment crystals appear from a clear solution.
Water Into Liquid Gold Alchemy Experiment Recently updated !
The copper and nitric acid chemistry demonstration is a dramatic color change chemical reaction. See how to do it safely.
Copper and Nitric Acid Chemistry Demonstration Recently updated !
Get the freezing point depression formula and definition. See how you calculate it and get examples in everyday life.
Freezing Point Depression Formula and Definition Recently updated !
See how to choose a telescope. Learn the difference between reflectors vs refractors, types of mounts, and other factors you should consider.