Cobalt chloride, CoCl2, is an inorganic compound that changes color from blue to pink in response to humidity. As humidity increases, cobalt chloride gradually changes color from blue, to pink, to a lighter pink, almost [...]
Meet Celeste Parker, our Accounting star. Celeste is like a decadent layer cake, made up of outer accounting layers, and a few hidden layers of human resources in the middle. She handles our accounts payable, [...]
This experiment is brought to you from Robert Bruce Thompson’s book, Illustrated Guide to Home Chemistry Experiments: All Lab, No Lecture. The experiment begins on page 167, and includes another section for going further that [...]
You can gather a bit of our company history from the About Us page on our website, but what you won’t find there are some of the entertaining stories we hear our CEO, Howard Kimel, [...]
Here’s a fun rainy day experiment for you and your little ones. All you need are our pH 1-14 test strips, a little bit of time, and a few household products. This is an easy [...]
When we get frequent or interesting technical questions, we like to share those questions and answers with everyone. We add frequently asked questions and answers to our Knowledge Base regularly, but every once in a [...]
We get calls pretty regularly with questions regarding the use of our pH test strips and litmus papers to test bodily fluids, such as urine, saliva, sweat, and blood. We get these questions so often, [...]
Today's experiment is brought to you by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a great resource for all types of information, including fun and interesting information for young scientists. In this experiment, you’re going to [...]
Nearly everything around is an acid or a base, with the exception of water. Water is neither acidic nor basic, but rather neutral. Acidic substances tend to taste sour, for example, citrus fruits like lemons, [...]
Next Sunday is Mother’s Day, so in honor of all the mothers out there, we’ve got a chemistry experiment from Home Science Tools that doubles as a gift! (Hold your applause.) Yes, that’s right. Not [...]
