Light from Chemical Reactions
Lower Secondary Education
- V1 „Cold Incandescence“, i.e. oxidation of luminol with oxygen (from air)
- V2 Variations of luminol oxidations in solution using hydrogen peroxide
Technical Contents
Cold light from chemical reactions; fast and slow oxidations; oxygen as reagent in oxidations
Scope
Chemical reactions as conversions of matter and energy; Energy involvement in the form of light; Oxidation as a reaction involving oxygen (lower secondary education)
Information
Other experiments regarding chemoluminescence can be found in publications of H. Brandl et al.
- 2015
- [german] Tausch, Michael W.
Photoprozesse in der Lehre der Naturwissenschaften
Praxis der Naturwissenschaften - Chemie in der Schule, 64 (1) :5--9
2015