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	Glowing Pickle URL: http://isaac.exploratorium.edu/~pauld/activities/aaptelectric/glowingpickle.html ODP description: Two enhancements to the standard demonstration apparatus: using a ground fault interrupt (GFI) to reduce the risk of electrocuting the demonstrator, and using potassium chloride (a dietary salt substitute) to produce a pink glow rather than the traditional sodium yellow. Also discusses the mechanism of the single-ended glow. Page title: glowingpickle
	The Electric Pickle as Will and Idea URL: http://ygraine.membrane.com/hubris/notes/electric_pickle.html ODP description: Philosophical discussion of the meaning of the experiment, and multimedia files (.AVI, .MOV, .WAV) of the results. Page title: The Electric Pickle as Will and Idea -- a science experiment with sound, light, motion and electricity (includes free .avi, MP3 .mov, video, and Microsoft downloads) Page description: A scientific experiment with multimedia in movie and pictures.
	X Magazine: Please Pass the Science URL: http://www.cardhouse.com/berk/science99_3.htm ODP description: Reader feedback with a list of precautions to be taken when electrocuting pickles, of more humorous than practical value. Page title: Please Pass the Science
	Journal of Chemical Education: The Incredible "Glowing" Pickle and Onion and Potato and... URL: http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/Journal/Issues/1996/may/abs456_2.html ODP description: Abstract of article on electrical conductivity in foods. Intended as an aid to science classroom demonstrations. Page title: JCE 1996 (73) 456 [May] The Incredible "Glowing" Pickle and Onion and Potato and...
	Glowing Pickle URL: http://www.sfu.ca/physics/ugrad/courses/teaching_resources/demoindex/eandm/em5d/pickle.html ODP description: Short description of the science demonstration, with annotated bibliography of print references. From the Simon Fraser University Physics Department lecture demonstration index, classification PIRA 5D30.30. Page title: Glowing pickle
	Net4TV Voice: Surfari: Electric Pickles URL: http://net4tv.com/voice/Story.cfm?storyID=3329 ODP description: A personal anecdote from Mr. Wizard's housekeeper, with reviews and descriptions of many sites describing the glowing pickle trick. Page description: This week the casual mention of glowing pickles has set our intrepid author on an impassioned hunt for truth. A few weeks ago it was innocent paper clips being misused. Maybe next week we'll mention the old sport of tossing cow piesâ¦
	X Magazine: Please Pass the Science URL: http://www.cardhouse.com/x10/x10science.htm ODP description: The Glowing Pickle: Born of Boredom. Essay on discoveries made by bored scientists, from Post-It Notes to pickle-based sodium arc lights. Page title: Please Pass the Science
	Electric Veggies URL: http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Cockpit/8107/ElectricVegg.html ODP description: Attributes the origins of the glowing pickle demo to the children of Catherine Ireland, a chemistry teacher from Manhasset High School of New York, in July of 1987.
	Lori's Chemistry Page URL: http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/6603/glowing.html ODP description: Discussion of various wavelengths of light, comparison of the colors of potassium, sodium, and lithium flames, and QuickTime movie of a demonstration of these concepts, by a high school chemistry teacher. Also has instructions on how to make a glowing pickle. Page title: The REAL Glowing Pickle Page
	Shady Hollow URL: http://members.tripod.com/~Shady_Hollow/Projects/gpickle.html ODP description: Details how to build a glowing/flaming Pickle. Includes photos of the apparatus using heavy-gauge wire and glass jars as insulators, and a plugged-in pickle glowing only at one end. Page title: Shady Hollow - Build a Glowing/Flaming Pickle
	Journal of Chemical Education: Glowing Veggies URL: http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/Journal/Issues/1996/may/abs456_1.html ODP description: Abstract of article extending prior work on glowing vegetables to non-sodium ions. Intended as an aid to science classroom demonstrations. Page title: JCE 1996 (73) 456 [May] Glowing Veggies