What are some cool bio/chem experiments I can do at home with no special equipment?
Couple of websites actually point it to Illustrated Guide to Home Chemistry Experiments by Robert Bruce Thompson (ISBN 10: 0-596-51492-1 or ISBN 13: 9780596514921). The book is 400 pages plus. First, it covers the basic like safety and maintaining a laboratory notebook. You can buy from O’Reilly website PDF format for $23.99. Amazon has one for $19.79 + free shipping Couple of topics: – Purify alcohol by distillation – Produce hydrogen and oxygen gas by electrolysis – Smelt metallic copper from copper ore you make yourself – Analyze the makeup of seawater, bone, and other common substances – Synthesize oil of wintergreen from aspirin and rayon fiber from paper – Perform forensics tests for fingerprints, blood, drugs, and poisons O’Reilly (the publisher of the book) is kind enough to make the table of contents available online. http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596514921/preview.html Makezine also has more recommendations regarding home chemistry experiment http://blog.makezine.com/archive
