Originally posted by sparkgap
What, pray tell, would the "C6H12N4" happen to be? Sorry, I'm not good at determining names from empirical formulae.
Anyway, if water glass (sodium silicate) is handy, the classical crystal garden experiment may be appropriate. Google for details.
Not chemistry, but Nitinol (a.k.a. memory metal) is loads of fun with a burner handy.
sparky (^_^) |