O'Reilly 9780596514921 Illustrated Guide To Home Chemistry Experiments

Interest in experimental chemistry is still high despite the demise of home chemistry sets. This book acts as a guide to the setting-up and use of a real home chemistry lab, providing step-by-step instructions for conducting experiments in basic chemistry.

Subjects covered include equipping a home chemistry lab, how to master the required laboratory skills and how to work safely in the lab. After completing the book the home chemist will be able to: Purify alcohol by distillation, produce hydrogen and oxygen gas by electrolysis, smelt metallic copper from home-made copper ore, analyse the makeup of seawater, bone, and other common substances, synthesise oil of wintergreen from aspirin and rayon fiber from paper, perform forensics tests for fingerprints, blood, drugs, and poisons, and much more.

Robert Bruce Thompson, 2008, 432 pages.

• Many colour illustrations
• Hands-on introduction to real chemistry
• Use real equipment, real chemicals, and real quantitative experiments
• ISBN: 978-0-596-51492-1