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Halloween Chitin 1

Halloween Chitin Demo

What do learning about the chemistry of plastics and arthropod exoskeletons have in common? You can see both at ACS-UMN as we learned all about how chitin can make a new biodegradable and renewable plastic.

Halloween Chitin2

Halloween Chitin Demo

Members get hands on with this demo lab as they mix chitin powder with acetic acid to make a slurry that will eventually become a hard plastic with drying.

Halloween Chitin3

Halloween Chitin Demo

And now we wait! These molds produced some really cool ghouls for our members with the figures retaining a hard shape with more chitin content.

2024 President: Glowstick Torching Event

Glowstick Torching Demo

2024 Members: UV bracelet making

UV Bracelet Making

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