Some of the most extraordinary chemical reactions.
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Ammonium dichromate looks pretty cool when you burn it:
Aluminum meets bromine:
Caesium and fluorine are a reactive combo:
Water and liquid nitrogen make pretty good cover for escape:
Take one part hydrogen peroxide, one part potassium iodide, and a little soap, and you've got yourself a tiny mushroom cloud:
(You can also do it in a jack-o-lantern:)
Make sure to avoid using gallium spoons in hot water:
If you ever mix cesium and water, make sure to take a step back first:
Glycine-nitrate reaction with precursors of barium nitrate, zirconyl nitrate and yttrium nitrate to form BaZr0.8Y0.2O3 (whatever that means):
Strontium, sulfur, And heat make for an unexpected light show:
Diethylzinc has a pesky habit of spontaneously combusting on contact with air:
Strong cup of coffee? Nope, just sulphuric acid causing explosive polymerization of p nitro aniline:
Gasoline + Fire = Awesome:
If you ever need some improvised rocket fuel, just drop a catalyst into some potassium chlorate and sugar:
Sodium Polyacrylate aka Instant Snow:
Lithium and fire get along pretty nicely:
The reason you should avoid getting and snake venom in your blood:
Copper and nitric acid:
Gallium melts aluminum, which is pretty cool:
Nitrous Oxide and Carbon Disulfide (aka The Barking Dog Experiment):
Ever wonder what happens when you drop a gummi bear into potassium chlorate? This:
Calcium gluconate and a little open flame:
Nitrogen triiodide is touchy enough to be detonated by a feather:
Here's what happens to Coke cans in hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide:
This one's pretty simple. Just some alcohol in a glass carboy:
Not technically chemical reactions, but these are pretty cool too:
This is what happens when you heat up a CD and blow on it in cold weather:
Laminar flow is a pretty neat party trick:
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