He had tape on the flasks so we couldn't see inside, and a rubber tub and a metal pipe type thing running from one to eachother. anyways, what he did was pour blue water into a funnel in one flask, and all the blue left and the water was clear. Then he went behind a barrier of sorts so we couldn't see what he did, and came out with red water. he poured the water into the funnel, and it stayed red and didn't change, but we could see red water coming from the metal pipe and dripping into it. the flask the pipe was attached to, was elevated on a couple of books as well. Can anyone explain how this happened?
2006-08-31 16:17:29 · 2 answers · asked by freeze10108 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
He had tape on the flasks so we couldn't see inside, and a rubber tub and a metal pipe type thing running from one to eachother. anyways, what he did was pour blue water into a funnel in one flask, and all the blue left and the water was clear. Then he went behind a barrier of sorts so we couldn't see what he did, and came out with red water. he poured the water into the funnel, and it stayed red and didn't change, but we could see red water coming from the metal pipe and dripping into it. the flask the pipe was attached to, was elevated on a couple of books as well. Can anyone explain how this happened? UPDATE: it's not the first answer!
2006-09-01 11:47:38 · update #1
Oh, it's a demonstration of acids and bases. See the link about the chemistry behind it.
2006-08-31 16:27:22 · answer #1 · answered by Ron D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any cheap/basic chem set has directions on how to replicate this trick. But it is always cool.
2006-08-31 23:29:51 · answer #2 · answered by whoevermeam 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋