Addison Scientists at the Royal Institution

A group of Addison children were amazed and inspired by a lecture on ‘The Chemistry of Absolutely Nothing’ given by Dr Irfan Latif  at the Royal Institution in Piccadilly on Wednesday.

Not quite sure what to expect from ‘nothing’, the children were treated to a range of chemical demonstrations involving the gases found in our atmosphere. Solid carbon dioxide, burning helium balloons and massive bangs from a hydrogen and oxygen mixture all got our children thinking hard about the properties of the gases all around us. Our children even got to help out making raspberry ice cream using liquid nitrogen!

As the scientists, leaders and policy makers of the future, Dr Latif challenged our children to use their enthusiasm and interest to go on to play their part in creating sustainable fuel sources for the future.

Making Ice Cream the Liquid Nitrogen Way!