This calendar includes all events from the following individual calendars: Department of Chemistry Alumni Events (events for an alumni audience), Department Events (events of general interest and/or relevant to all Chemistry research areas), Public Events, and events related to Chemistry research areas and programs (Analytical Chemistry, Chemical Biology, Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program, Inorganic Chemistry & Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry), as well as Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Seminars & Events.

Holiday Magic Chemistry Demonstration Show

Dec 5, 2026 3:00 pm

100 Noyes Laboratory, 505 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana, Illinois

Sponsor: Department of Chemistry
Registration: Registration
Originating Calendar: Chemistry - Department Events; This family-friendly, free event is produced by teaching faculty and students and demonstrates chemistry principles in a fun and approachable way, featuring approximately twenty-five demonstrations that produce the "magic" of chemistry. See what happens to a pickle subjected to high voltage. Discover why helium gas and not hydrogen gas is used in party balloons. Watch as liquid nitrogen is poured into a container of soapy water. The show demonstrates many principles of chemistry, including kinetics, thermodynamics, gas laws and atomic theory.