Welcome to the Practical Chemistry website
Good quality, appropriate chemistry experiments play a vital role in teaching and learning. They can be used to enhance learning and to clarify aspects of theory. Practical activities add to the fun of chemistry and allow students to apply their knowledge and understanding to what they experience.
This website provides all teachers of chemistry with a wide range of experiments to illustrate concepts or processes, as starting-points for investigations and for enhancement activities such as club or open day events. It also enables the sharing of skills and experience of making experiments work in the classroom. Lots of information for technicians too.
Preparing a soluble salt by neutralisation
In this experiment, a soluble salt is produced by the neutralisation of an acid with an alkali, and recovered by crystallisation.
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Search for topics by their level here, and see what experiments are suitable for your class.
100 experiments now on the site!
We have now published over 100 experiments! Check out our complete list and have a look at what is soon to come.
About us
Welcome to the Practical Chemistry website. This is produced by a team led by Emma Woodley of RSC.
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Would you like to see one of your experiments on our site? If so, fill in our on-line form and submit it. We'll let you know what happens next.
