Glowing Pickles

Lori's Chemistry Page - 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.
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/6603/glowing.html

Shady Hollow - 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.
http://members.tripod.com/~Shady_Hollow/Projects/gpickle.html

Glowing Pickle - 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.
http://isaac.exploratorium.edu/~pauld/activities/aaptelectric/glowingpickle.html

Journal of Chemical Education: The Incredible "Glowing" Pickle and Onion and Potato and... - Abstract of article on electrical conductivity in foods. Intended as an aid to science classroom demonstrations. <small>(May, 1996)</small>
http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/Journal/Issues/1996/may/abs456_2.html

The Electric Pickle as Will and Idea - Philosophical discussion of the meaning of the experiment, and multimedia files (.AVI, .MOV, .WAV) of the results.
http://ygraine.membrane.com/hubris/notes/electric_pickle.html

X Magazine: Please Pass the Science - Reader feedback with a list of precautions to be taken when electrocuting pickles, of more humorous than practical value. <small>(March 18, 1999)</small>
http://www.cardhouse.com/berk/science99_3.htm

Glowing Pickle - 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.
http://www.sfu.ca/physics/ugrad/courses/teaching_resources/demoindex/eandm/em5d/pickle.html

X Magazine: Please Pass the Science - The Glowing Pickle: Born of Boredom. Essay on discoveries made by bored scientists, from Post-It Notes to pickle-based sodium arc lights. <small>(June, 1992)</small>
http://www.cardhouse.com/x10/x10science.htm

Net4TV Voice: Surfari: Electric Pickles - A personal anecdote from Mr. Wizard's housekeeper, with reviews and descriptions of many sites describing the glowing pickle trick. <small>(January 14, 2001)</small>
http://net4tv.com/voice/Story.cfm?storyID=3329

Electric Veggies - 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.
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Cockpit/8107/ElectricVegg.html

Journal of Chemical Education: Glowing Veggies - Abstract of article extending prior work on glowing vegetables to non-sodium ions. Intended as an aid to science classroom demonstrations. <small>(May, 1996)</small>
http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/Journal/Issues/1996/may/abs456_1.html