Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Impress your learners with this exciting demonstration of redox chemistry. Highly reactive aluminium displaces iron from iron oxide: this method can be performed outside (if there is no wind), or indoors in a large laboratory with good ventilation and no smoke detectors.

Watch the video and download the technician notes for a kit list, tips and safety information from the Education in Chemistry website: https://rsc.li/3Ms4bWR