I was fascinated by the idea of jet packs when I was a kid. They were sci-fi magic, and the idea that you could strap into an ...

Scientists from the Interface Science Department of the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society in collaboration with ...

PET plastic is commonly used in bottles, clothing, and packaging materials ... As a result, a significant portion of PET waste ends up in landfills or incinerators. Chemical catalysts have been ...

In this reaction, the catalyst is potassium permanganate. The reaction produces a lot of heat so the substance shooting out of the bottle is water vapor that is condensing in the cooler air. Oxygen ...

This reaction proceeds very slowly at room temperature. The addition of cobalt chloride as a catalyst produces a green cobalt-tartrate intermediate and copious evolution of oxygen and carbon dioxide.