Additional Chemicals Needed

Additional Chemicals Needed for CHEM C2000 and CHEM C3000 (PDF, 44 kb)
This document lists the additional chemicals needed for the experiments in CHEM C2000 and CHEM C3000, and provides you with information on where you might obtain them.

If you are having trouble getting a clean, steady flame with the alcohol burner:
1. Make sure you are using ethyl alcohol, not isopropyl alcohol.
2. If you can only find isopropyl alcohol, you can replace the wick in the kit with cotton balls to get the alcohol to burner better. Stretch the cotton balls out to form a wick.

Missing Chemicals? A Note about Chemical Names

If you think you are missing "Sodium bisulate" from your kit, please check to see if you have "Sodium hydrogen sulfate." These are two names for the same chemical.

If you think you are missing "Sodium bicarbonate" from your kit, please check to see if you have "Sodium hydrogen carbonate." These are two names for the same chemical.

Explanation: In some editions of the manuals, the text of the manual may refer to one common name, while the actual chemical vial is labeled with the other common name. In newer editions of the manual, this has been corrected.