Electric Veggies
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.
Glowing Pickle
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…
Lori's Chemistry Page
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 s…
The Electric Pickle as Will and Idea
Philosophical discussion of the meaning of the experiment, and multimedia files (.AVI, .MOV, .WAV) of the results.