I had a Gilbert chemistry set as well.
Took a long time to save up the money as my parents had no idea what it was or why one would want one.
I went to a technical high school and had 3 years of Chemistry. One of the courses was qualitative chemistry. Near the end of the course, in the lab part of it, everyone was given a different powder to identify. I was given Potassium Permanganate and identified by sight! Had to run through analysis drill, but that was just for corroboration.
Potassium Permanganate had been in my chemistry kit and is a dark purple crystal. Getting a white powder to identify would have been a different story.
I went to a technical high school and had 3 years of Chemistry. One of the courses was qualitative chemistry. Near the end of the course, in the lab part of it, everyone was given a different powder to identify. I was given Potassium Permanganate and identified by sight! Had to run through analysis drill, but that was just for corroboration.
Potassium Permanganate had been in my chemistry kit and is a dark purple crystal. Getting a white powder to identify would have been a different story.
