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Chemistry Behind the Magic: Chemical Demonstrations for the Classroom

Subject: Chemistry

Art: Cavallo, Tiberius, 1749-1809, Plate II: Illustrating the chemical apparatus and balloons used for…, 1785 · Public domain

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Dr. John J. Dolhun, Bassam Shakhashiri
Level
High School
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13 videos · 1 solution · 27 other files · 2 web pages
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Source: MIT OpenCourseWare RES.HS-002 Chemistry Behind the Magic: Chemical Demonstrations for the Classroom, Dr. John J. Dolhun, Bassam Shakhashiri — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: MIT's own listing order, section by section. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.

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