TY - JOUR
T1 - Exploring the Gas Chemistry of Old Submarine Technologies Using Plastic Bottles as Reaction Vessels and Models
AU - Horikoshi, Ryo
AU - Takeiri, Fumitaka
AU - Kobayashi, Yoji
AU - Kageyama, Hiroshi
N1 - Generated from Scopus record by KAUST IRTS on 2022-09-13
PY - 2016/8/9
Y1 - 2016/8/9
N2 - We describe an activity that is suitable for high school students and makes use of plastic bottles. This activity allows students to familiarize themselves with gas chemistry by introducing technologies that were applied in old submarine systems. Plastic bottles, which are representative of submarines, are used as reaction vessels. Three simple experiments regarding gas chemistry are carried out in the plastic bottles: (1) a carbon dioxide absorption reaction using soda lime, which mimics an air-cleaning canister; (2) a chlorine and hydrogen evolution reaction by the electrolysis of brine, which highlights the accidental generation of gases by lead batteries on board submarines; and (3) a catalytic hydrogen peroxide decomposition that exists in submarine propulsion system. To introduce an antisonar countermeasure system outside the submarine, a fourth experiment on hydrogen generation by the reaction of calcium hydride and water is also conducted.
AB - We describe an activity that is suitable for high school students and makes use of plastic bottles. This activity allows students to familiarize themselves with gas chemistry by introducing technologies that were applied in old submarine systems. Plastic bottles, which are representative of submarines, are used as reaction vessels. Three simple experiments regarding gas chemistry are carried out in the plastic bottles: (1) a carbon dioxide absorption reaction using soda lime, which mimics an air-cleaning canister; (2) a chlorine and hydrogen evolution reaction by the electrolysis of brine, which highlights the accidental generation of gases by lead batteries on board submarines; and (3) a catalytic hydrogen peroxide decomposition that exists in submarine propulsion system. To introduce an antisonar countermeasure system outside the submarine, a fourth experiment on hydrogen generation by the reaction of calcium hydride and water is also conducted.
UR - https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jchemed.5b00732
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84981293941&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1021/acs.jchemed.5b00732
DO - 10.1021/acs.jchemed.5b00732
M3 - Article
SN - 1938-1328
VL - 93
SP - 1411
EP - 1414
JO - Journal Of Chemical Education
JF - Journal Of Chemical Education
IS - 8
ER -