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Lori's Chemistry Page - http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/6603/glowing.html
Discussion of various wavelengths of light, comparison of the colors of potassium, sodium, and lithium flames, and QuickTime movie of a demonstration of these concepts, by a high school chemistry teacher. Also has instructions on how to make a glowing pickle. |
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Glowing Pickle - http://isaac.exploratorium.edu/~pauld/activities/aaptelectric/glowingpickle.html
Two enhancements to the standard demonstration apparatus: using a ground fault interrupt (GFI) to reduce the risk of electrocuting the demonstrator, and using potassium chloride (a dietary salt substitute) to produce a pink glow rather than the traditional sodium yellow. Also discusses the mechanism of the single-ended glow. |
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Net4TV Voice: Surfari: Electric Pickles - http://net4tv.com/voice/Story.cfm?storyID=3329
A personal anecdote from Mr. Wizard's housekeeper, with reviews and descriptions of many sites describing the glowing pickle trick. |
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Journal of Chemical Education: The Incredible "Glowing" Pickle and Onion and Potato and... - http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/Journal/Issues/1996/may/abs456_2.html
Abstract of article on electrical conductivity in foods. Intended as an aid to science classroom demonstrations. |
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Glowing Pickle - http://www.sfu.ca/physics/ugrad/courses/teaching_resources/demoindex/eandm/em5d/pickle.html
Short description of the science demonstration, with annotated bibliography of print references. From the Simon Fraser University Physics Department lecture demonstration index, classification PIRA 5D30.30. |
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Electric Veggies - http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Cockpit/8107/ElectricVegg.html
Attributes the origins of the glowing pickle demo to the children of Catherine Ireland, a chemistry teacher from Manhasset High School of New York, in July of 1987. |
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The Electric Pickle as Will and Idea - http://ygraine.membrane.com/hubris/notes/electric_pickle.html
Philosophical discussion of the meaning of the experiment, and multimedia files (.AVI, .MOV, .WAV) of the results. |
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X Magazine: Please Pass the Science - http://www.cardhouse.com/berk/science99_3.htm
Reader feedback with a list of precautions to be taken when electrocuting pickles, of more humorous than practical value. |
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Shady Hollow - http://members.tripod.com/~Shady_Hollow/Projects/gpickle.html
Details how to build a glowing/flaming Pickle. Includes photos of the apparatus using heavy-gauge wire and glass jars as insulators, and a plugged-in pickle glowing only at one end. |
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Journal of Chemical Education: Glowing Veggies - http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/Journal/Issues/1996/may/abs456_1.html
Abstract of article extending prior work on glowing vegetables to non-sodium ions. Intended as an aid to science classroom demonstrations. |