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    Elephant's Toothpaste: University of Utah Chemistry Demonstration: Safety

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    This document provides instructions for performing an "Elephant's Toothpaste" chemistry demonstration. It lists the reagents needed, including 30% hydrogen peroxide solution, dish soap, potassium iodide, and food coloring. It warns that 30% hydrogen peroxide is highly corrosive and gloves should be worn. When performing the demonstration, the reagents are added to a graduated cylinder or volumetric flask, causing an exothermic reaction that produces a hot foam. For safety, flammable materials should be removed if igniting the oxygen produced.

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    Elephant's Toothpaste: University of Utah Chemistry Demonstration: Safety

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    This document provides instructions for performing an "Elephant's Toothpaste" chemistry demonstration. It lists the reagents needed, including 30% hydrogen peroxide solution, dish soap, potassium iodide, and food coloring. It warns that 30% hydrogen peroxide is highly corrosive and gloves should be worn. When performing the demonstration, the reagents are added to a graduated cylinder or volumetric flask, causing an exothermic reaction that produces a hot foam. For safety, flammable materials should be removed if igniting the oxygen produced.

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    This document provides instructions for performing an "Elephant's Toothpaste" chemistry demonstration. It lists the reagents needed, including 30% hydrogen peroxide solution, dish soap, potassium iodide, and food coloring. It warns that 30% hydrogen peroxide is highly corrosive and gloves should be worn. When performing the demonstration, the reagents are added to a graduated cylinder or volumetric flask, causing an exothermic reaction that produces a hot foam. For safety, flammable materials should be removed if igniting the oxygen produced.

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    Elephant's Toothpaste: University of Utah Chemistry Demonstration: Safety

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    This document provides instructions for performing an "Elephant's Toothpaste" chemistry demonstration. It lists the reagents needed, including 30% hydrogen peroxide solution, dish soap, potassium iodide, and food coloring. It warns that 30% hydrogen peroxide is highly corrosive and gloves should be worn. When performing the demonstration, the reagents are added to a graduated cylinder or volumetric flask, causing an exothermic reaction that produces a hot foam. For safety, flammable materials should be removed if igniting the oxygen produced.

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    University of Utah SAFETY

    Chemistry Wear gloves for this experiment


    Demonstration:
    30% H2O2............................................................highly corrosive
    Elephant’s Toothpaste Note: peroxide available in drugstores is only 3%.
    Wear gloves. Rinse under H2O for at least 15 mins. if
    Reagents skin/eyes come into contact with H2O2. Skin will appear
    For 2 L graduated cylinder: white from a peroxide burn.
    50 mL 30% H2O2 If you choose to ignite the oxygen that is produced:
    ~ 5 mL dish soap • Remove all flammable materials within 10 ft. Choose a non-
    ~ 8 g KI flammable surface.
    Food coloring • Bring the fire extinguisher and locate closest safety shower or
    sink.
    For 6 L volumetric flask: • Be sure that the audience is at a safe distance from the table
    (at least 5 feet away).
    100 mL 30% H2O2 • Do not perform this demo directly below a fire sprinkler.
    ~ 10 mL dish soap
    ~ 15 g KI
    Food coloring optional
    Long matches

    Instructions:
    Since this reaction will fizz over, place graduated cylinder/volumetric flask in something
    easy for clean up (we recommend using the large rectangular plastic container). Be
    sure to wear gloves when handling the hydrogen peroxide.
    • Add H2O2 to the graduated cylinder/volumetric flask – please measure carefully
    as the cost of the H2O2 is significant.
    • Add dish soap
    • If you like, add food coloring
    • Add KI

    The reaction will occur instantaneously. The reaction is exothermic. The foam
    generated is hot.

    If you use the volumetric flask you can light a long match and drop it into the flask. Turn
    off the lights in the room, and you can see the oxygen in the flask light on fire. This will
    burn out shortly.

    Disposal: Once the foam has cooled, clean up the foam and rinse down the drain.

    Before the KI is added to the flask, H2O2 is very slowly breaking down into H2O and O2.
    KI is added to act as a catalyst. As H2O2 rapidly breaks down, the soap combines with
    the H2O and turns into foam. The O2 gas also produced will push out, which makes the
    foam shoot out of the flask. Because there is an excess of O2 produced, when you drop
    a match into the flask the O2 bubbles will catch on fire.

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