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FLEET Seminar. Exploring Liquid Metals’ Interfaces to Synthesize Nanostructured Materials

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5 Oct 2022
10:00 am - 11:00 am

Maedehsadat Mousavi, PhD Candidate, Centre for Advanced Solid and Liquid-based Electronics and Optics (CASLEO), School of Chemical Engineering UNSW In person and online Missed the seminar. Check it out on FLEET’s YouTube Liquid metals (LMs) have unique characteristics that make them attractive for a variety of applications including next-generation electronic devices, sensors, catalysis, and biotechnologies. Read More

Ice Ice Baby, Let it snow, let it snow….What is it?

Making snowflakes, the science of ice and freezing, and festive-like experiments that you can try at home. OK, we don’t normally get snow in Australia at Christmas, but we do like to put ice in our drinks on the hot Summer days, so why not talk about the snow and ice. Afterall, Winter is coming… But here’s the thing, we ...

Coke vs Diet Coke

If you have a can of Coke and Diet Coke, they are the same size – it says so right on the cans. But we observe a difference very easily. What you need: can of Coke can of Diet Coke large container of water, deeper than the height of the cans What to do: Place the can of Coke into …

Elephant Toothpaste

Create a chemical reaction that looks like very, very large toothpaste! What you need: 6% hydrogen peroxide – you can purchase this from a chemist, not the supermarket yeast powder warm water empty soft drink bottle dishwashing liquid food colouring (optional) rubber gloves safety glasses funnel or jug What to do: Put on the safety glasses and gloves. Pour 100mL …

Red Cabbage Indicator

Something colourful with kitchen items that can be used to show how acidic (or basic) something is. What you need: red cabbage water blender food or chemicals to test for acidity, eg. lemon juice, vinegar, shampoo, household cleaner, tomato, egg white What to do: Put three or four red cabbage leaves into a blender. Fill it to half way with …

Boat Racers

Use bread bag ties to create boats that race along the surface of water without even touching them. What you need: shallow dish, square or rectangular water bread bag clips food dye (optional) dishwashing liquid cotton tips What to do: Pour the water into the dish so it covers the bottom of the dish. Place bread bag clips at one …

Shrinking Chip Packet

Make a miniature version of a chip packet. You could make this into a keyring to hang on a school bag. What you need: 2x baking trays baking paper chip packet What to do: Wash the empty chip packet with dishwashing liquid and water. Dry it thoroughly. If you want to make a keyring, put a hole in the top …

Skittles Rainbow

A little bit of colourful chemistry, a bit of art and a lesson in density and concentration gradients. Yeh, you will need a lot of skittles, but it is all for science. Download the full worksheet including worksheet tables and images. Learning Intentions Students will examine and be able to describe/understand the following: What happens when materials are mixed The ...