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Making oxygen by heating

Heat potassium permanganate and test the gas.

Topic: Identifying substancesGrade: 9Free

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What you do

  1. Heat the dry tube strongly. Oxygen bubbles into the upside-down tube and pushes the water down.
  2. Test the gas with a glowing splint.

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