Article: SCIENTIFIC APPROACH REWARDS CURIOSITY

PHOTO Pupils in Terry Rose's science class eagerly volunteer to answer questions. (Photo by Karen P. Pulfer)

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Terry Rose has done the experiment many times. He drops the mercuric oxide into a test tube and holds a torch under it. The mercuric oxide evaporates. The oxygen is released into the air. The mercury is released from the compound. It vaporizes, then condenses at the cooler end of the tube as droplets of mercury.

He's made a silver, liquid metal from an orange powder.

The sixth-grade science students at Scott Middle School enjoy the experiment, although they were secretly hoping for something ...

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