Smithsonian MicroChemistry XM 5000 Chemistry Set
- Circa 1996
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Small JPG1200 x 1200px — 188 KBLarge JPG2880 x 2880px — 894 KBFull-sized JPG7364 x 7364px — 5.2 MBOriginal fileTIFF — 7364 x 7364px — 155 MBGray plastic (Rubbermaid) container; two panels open to the right and left and snap into place with small protrusions on the raised base platform; platform also has two support sticks that can be rotated outward so entire container can stand upright; left panel has three rows of three plastic chemical containers with blue plastic twist tops; below the rows of containers are indentations for two glass test tubes with clear plastic tops and two more chemical containers next to them; right panel also has three rows of three chemical containers; below the containers is a pink cardboard pH test reader and a pink cardboard box with eleven plastic pipettes and containers of zinc powder and iron filings; the middle/main panel contains three main storage areas with various indentations for the following: a plastic rectangular microplate; a plastic magnifying glass; two plastic measuring cups; a transparent blue plastic 6-inch ruler; six pieces of blue plastic which are components for a double-pan balance; a plastic bag with various circular plastic yellow weights for the balance; plastic bags stapled together with the following materials inside: aluminum wire, zinc wire, copper wire, iron wire, and marble chips; a plastic bag with components to make a galvanometer; a plastic bag with goggles, plastic molecular modeling pieces, and a glass test-tube; two plastic white tubes/straws; a piece of blue cardboard with punch-outs for seven 3-D shapes; and a piece of pink and blue cardboard with dozens of compound description labels that fit together like puzzle pieces; set also comes with an instruction manual; chemical containers contain the following:
Aluminum ammonium sulfate
Ammonium chloride
Biuret reagent
Borax
Calcium hydroxide
Calcium nitrate
Citric acid
Cobalt chloride
Copper Sulfate
Fehling's solution
Ferrous sulfate
Magnesium sulfate
Methylene blue
Phenolphthalein solution
Potassium iodide
Sodium carbonate
Sodium silicate
Sodium sulfate
Universal indicator
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Science History Institute. Smithsonian MicroChemistry XM 5000 Chemistry Set. Photograph, 2018. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/w6634461k.
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