During our STEM Club extracurricular ( Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) our students had fun while learning about the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide. (H2O2) into oxygen and water.
Adding a catalyst speeds up the reaction and the oxygen gas forms bubbles. These bubbles would usually escape from the liquid and quickly burst. But adding a bit of dish soap provides additional surface tension, allowing bubbles to get trapped and lots of suds to form. This foam looks like a giant squirt of toothpaste.
This cool experiment was a fun way for students to learn about how chemical reactions happen!
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