Chemical Chameleon Demonstration (with NaOH, KMnO4, and Sucrose)

[@theprogrammer32]

Every time someone mentions something that's "commonly done in chemistry classes" I just cry because all we did was balance equations for an entire year. Chemistry classes must have been cool back in the day. we had a $20 supply fee and the only thing we ever saw was a combustion reaction, in a fume hood, across the room, with 3 different classes crammed together out in the hallway because they could "only do it 1 time" I didn't even see it ;-;

[@aleksandarprodanov4454]

I watched your video and I liked it very much! I've been searching for a cool experiment that I can do at home...and here it is! I'm really surprised to see that you have only around 500 subscribers! That is why I subscribed! Also pls continue making such amazing videos!

[@adyasethiaxarollno.4112]

so I have to do this for a science experiment tom in school. Can I make a large quantity of solution A, store it in a bottle and take it to school? like will the reaction work? and will it be safe?

[@BackYardScience2000]

Would this be a good way to make a small bit of pure manganese dioxide? Or would there be too many contaminates from the solution?

[@pyromen321]

Cool reaction and cool video! I'm wondering what would have happened if you performed the reaction in a graduated cylinder or some other long piece of glassware. Maybe it could increase the cool color banding effect that you got when it was performed in the small vial

[@2AMProductions]

That's a great idea! Maybe I'll give it a shot in the future

[@akirasantos5187]

bro you never came back😢

[@alidhhr4438]

What presentage you use

[@riever6762]

Where do you dump the chemicals?

[@alyannacassandraalquiros9266]

what is the chemical reaction formula to this?

[@oreo_smoothie74]

It's too complex. So it can't be written as a simple equation

[@tristanyip8440]

what are the products?

[@Berghiker]

What happened to the potassium in the +4 state?

[@oreo_smoothie74]

It reacted with oxygen and hydrogen from the molocule itself to form potassium hydroxide KOH. 😊

[@zoraq6057]

Hello, so why it was red in the first attempt and in the second it was orange?

[@uxleumas]

because it was more concentrated.

[@hebaelwassef]

Can we use tap water instead of distilled water?

[@renanxd04]

Yes

[@karannair3035]

isn't sucrose a non-reducing sugar? how did it work?

[@zahraadbouk8022]

Nice question. Sucrose is made up of fructose and glucose which are non-reducing butt these monosaccharides are linked in a cyclic structure by an a-glycosidic bond in sucrose which made it reducing agent. And this idea was explained at the beginning of the video he made . ❤

[@nana-gl8fe]

Why not ethane chlorine

[@jamesg1367]

Hey. C'mon back and do some more. :-)

[@theartistrl797]

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