elephant's toothpaste

substance caused by the rapid decomposition of hydrogen peroxide using potassium iodide or yeast and warm water as a catalyst
Event experiment Q5359401
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elephant's toothpaste

Summary

elephant's toothpaste is an experiment[1]. It draws 262 Wikipedia views per month (experiment category, ranking #16 of 80).[2]

Key Facts

  • elephant's toothpaste's video is recorded as 14. Слоновска паста за заби.webm[3].
  • elephant's toothpaste's video is recorded as Elephant (1).ogv[4].
  • elephant's toothpaste's image is recorded as Elephant Toothpaste Denver JDS Labs.jpg[5].
  • elephant's toothpaste's instance of is recorded as experiment[6].
  • elephant's toothpaste's instance of is recorded as chemical reaction[7].
  • elephant's toothpaste's Commons category is recorded as Elephant's toothpaste[8].
  • elephant's toothpaste's has part is recorded as potassium iodide[9].
  • elephant's toothpaste's has part is recorded as hydrogen peroxide[10].
  • elephant's toothpaste's has part is recorded as detergent[11].
  • elephant's toothpaste's has part is recorded as water[12].
  • elephant's toothpaste's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0b77xhz[13].
  • elephant's toothpaste's defining formula is recorded as \begin{array}{llllll}\mathrm{H_2O_2}&+\ \mathrm{I^-}&\mathrm{\to H_2O}&+\ \mathrm{IO-}\\mathrm{H_2O_2}&+\ \mathrm{IO^-}&\mathrm{\to H_2O}&+\ \mathrm{O_2 \uparrow}&+\ \mathrm{I-}\\hline\mathrm{2H_2O_2}&&\mathrm{\to 2H_2O}&+\ \mathrm{O2 \uparrow}&&\Delta_\mathrm{r}H^\circ = -196\text{ kJ/mol}\end{array}[14].
  • elephant's toothpaste's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Chemistry[15].

Why It Matters

elephant's toothpaste draws 262 Wikipedia views per month (experiment category, ranking #16 of 80).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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