Zinc and Sulfur combine in spectacular fashion to create Zinc Sulfide. Like these sort of reactions? Check our "reactions only" playlist: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=... More chemistry at http://www.periodicvideos.com/

Copper Sulfate and Ammonia at high speed - watch the colour change and precipitation. More chemistry in slow motion: http://bit.ly/chemslomo Featuring Professor Martyn Poliakoff from the University of Nottingham.

Professor Poliakoff and Ruthenium - discovered by Karl Claus and named after Russia. More Christmas stuff at http://periodicvideos.blogspot.co.uk/... The Professor thanks the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan for its help.