ACS Division of Chemical Education Chemical Demonstration Guidelines

Chemical Demonstrations: Paul Hollander, ISU. pholland@iastate.edu

Jim Goll, Edgewood College, Madison, WI. jgoll@edgewood.edu
     
  This page contains the ACS Division of Chemical Education Guidelines for presenting chemistry demonstrations. We expect all individuals presenting chemical demonstrations at the 18th BCCE to follow these guidelines.

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Minimum Safety Guidelines
for
Chemical Demonstrations
American Chemical Society Division of Chemical Education


Chemical Demonstrators Must:
1. know the properties of the chemicals and the chemical reactions
involved in all demonstrations presented.
2. comply with all local rules and regulations.
3. wear appropriate protection for all chemical demonstrations.
4. warn the members of the audience to cover their ears whenever a
loud noise is anticipated.
5. Plan the demonstrations so that harmful quantities of noxious gases
(e.g. NO2, SO2, H2S) do not enter the local air supply.
6. Provide safety shield protection wherever there is the slightest
possibility that a container, its fragments, or its contents could be
propelled with sufficient force to cause personal injury.
7. arrange to have a fire extinguisher at hand whenever the slightest
possibility for fire exists.
8. not taste or encourage spectators to taste any non-food substance.
9. not use demonstrations in which parts of the human body are placed
in danger (such as placing dry ice in the mouth or dipping hands into
liquid).
10. not use "open" containers of volatile, toxic substances (e.g.
benzene, CCl4, CS2, formaldehyde) without adequate ventilation as
provided by fume hoods.
11. provide written procedure, hazard, and disposal information for each
demonstration whenever the audience is encouraged to repeat the
demonstration.
12. arrange for appropriate waste containers for and subsequent
disposal of materials harmful to the environment.
Revised 4/1/95. Copyright 1988, 1995, ACS Division of Chemical Education, Inc.
Permission is hereby granted to reprint or copy these guidelines provided that they are reproduced in their entirety with no changes.
Printed in the Journal of Chemical Education, Volume 65, Number 8, August, 1988, p. 721.
 

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This web page was up-dated on July 21, 2003 by Tom Greenbowe, Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011 (bcce@iastate.edu) and Mr. Paul Hollander, Senior Laboratory Technician, Department of Chemistry, Gilman Hall, Iowa State University, Room 0635 Gilman Hall, Ames, IA 50011-3111 (515)-294-0950 pholland@iastate.edu.