The 27 Most Impressive Chemical Reactions
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5. Take one part hydrogen peroxide, one part potassium iodide, and a little soap, and you’ve got yourself a tiny mushroom cloud:
8. If you ever mix cesium and water, make sure to take a step back first:
9. Glycine-nitrate reaction with precursors of barium nitrate, zirconyl nitrate and yttrium nitrate to form BaZr0.8Y0.2O3 (whatever that means):
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10. Strontium, sulfur, And heat make for an unexpected light show:
11. Diethylzinc has a pesky habit of spontaneously combusting on contact with air:
12. Strong cup of coffee? Nope, just sulphuric acid causing explosive polymerization of p nitro aniline:
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14. If you ever need some improvised rocket fuel, just drop a catalyst into some potassium chlorate and sugar:
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17. The reason you should avoid getting and snake venom in your blood:
20. Nitrous Oxide and Carbon Disulfide (aka The Barking Dog Experiment):
21. Ever wonder what happens when you drop a gummi bear into potassium chlorate? This:
24. Here’s what happens to Coke cans in hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide:
Not technically chemical reactions, but these are pretty cool too:
26. This is what happens when you heat up a CD and blow on it in cold weather:
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