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Offline kciray

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Which book about chemistry experiments is the best?
« on: January 01, 2016, 06:46:41 AM »
I'm studying General Chemistry course on Educator.com and I want more practice. I'd like to find a hi-quality and big book with many experiments.

I have Golden Book of Chemistry experiments, but I think that it's too childish and short.

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Re: Which book about chemistry experiments is the best?
« Reply #1 on: January 01, 2016, 02:25:05 PM »
Welcome @kciray

Does your paid subscription allow you to ask what they recommend?

We wish you every success but since they know their curriculum, they might have better guidance.

You might look at our sticky post
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http://www.chemicalforums.com/index.php?topic=4114.0
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Re: Which book about chemistry experiments is the best?
« Reply #2 on: January 01, 2016, 03:48:06 PM »
The Golden Book of CHemistry experiments is an old book from a time when safety warnings weren't as important.  If you're looking for something to do at home, that;'s more advanced, you can pretty much forget it.  This reference: http://www.chemhacker.com/2010/03/history-the-golden-book-of-chemistry-experiments/, which I haven't personally vetted says:


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    pipetting by mouth – a seriously bad no-no
    teaches you to make ammonia gas?!?!
    teaches you to make chlorine gas ?!!? seriously? WTF!!
    has you taste a weak NaOH solution – I prefer reading books that don’t try to poison me…
    shaking test tubes by putting your thumb over the opening and shaking – another bad no-no
    people sticking their fingers into boiling milk? what?

Those sound like exciting, cool demonstrations, but there's no grade bonus to performing those, or more advanced demonstrations.  So if they're childish, I don't know what you're hoping for.
Hey, I'm not judging.  I just like to shoot straight.  I'm a man of science.

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