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[duckfan77]

5323 I'll have to look that up. Don't play with pressure vessels.

 

[triggerfinger12]

5324.

 

[duckfan77]

5325

 

[GamerwithnoGame]

5326. I mean, good old concentrated HF is extremely unpleasant when you get down to it.

 

[duckfan77]

5327. ugh. Just thinking about it.

 

[GamerwithnoGame]

5328. Indeedy. But, it works well for breaking down silicates when trying to dissolve geological samples for analysis!

 

[duckfan77]

5329

 

[triggerfinger12]

5330. My chem teacher just showed us what happens if you pour water into an acid vs acid into water... poof.

 

[LordPINE]

5331. Cool. It's always great to have chem teachers that are willing to show dangerous things. We once threw a chunk of potassium and sodium into a bit of water, with all the effects you could imagine. It was for the best we did it outside.

 

[triggerfinger12]

5332. In 6th grade my science teacher took the class outside and showed us something to do with hydrochloric acid, I forget what exactly, but it was very exothermic and very cool!

 

[LordPINE]

5333. Very exothermic is generally very cool. That sounds quite contradictory though...

 

[triggerfinger12]

5334. An oxymoron to be exact!

 

[duckfan77]

5335 After the AP test in AP Chem, we did Alka Seltzer and water in old film canisters. And then someone used a plastic water bottle and sealed it after we were all behind the doors watching... 'Twas fun.

 

[GamerwithnoGame]

5336. We did the screaming jelly baby in A-Level chemistry, that was fun.

 

[duckfan77]

5337

 

[GamerwithnoGame]

5338. Potassium chlorate, that was the stuff. heh.

 

[triggerfinger12]

5339. I can't think of another fun experiment I ever did.... hmmmmmm....

 

[LordPINE]

5340. I once accidentally blew up a funnel. We were making nitrogen triiodide though, so that kinda makes sense. The stuff is highly sensitive, and quite explosive. I'm still amazed I convinced my teacher to let us make it.

 

[duckfan77]

5341 One of my friends built a forced air furnace in his backyard to cast a sword...

 

[GamerwithnoGame]

5342. Well THAT'S cool! some days I want to chuck it all in and become a blacksmith.