Ammonium dichromate + pellets of mercuric thiocyanate

[MsAnimechik]

umm can someone explain to me how this works? im doin a project on mercury, so i found "serpents in the grass" and i looked up here, and thats what i found. But...how does this happen?

[mgregggphone]

@MsAnimechik the guy has two things going on here. First, he has a dichromate volcano going on. That is the reaction making the the black soot pile.

Then, he has pellets of mercuric thiocyanate in there. Mercury thiocyanate is a substance that used to be sold at fireworks stands. It's also known as "Pharaoh's snake". Search wikipedia and youtube for a better description.

They stopped selling mercury thiocyanate because it's decomposition products aren't the best to handle.

[MsAnimechik]

@mgregggphone thanks a ton!!!

[iceman5X75]

RELEASE THE KRAKEN!!!

[madslasher666]

Christ mother fuck, we live in an awesome world!

[pjbKNIVES]

Chtulu, is that you?

[NLhardcorebobNL]

OMG A KRAKEN

[ArctusCanusLupus]

how much of ammonium dichromate did you use for something that big?

[ArctusCanusLupus]

how much does mercuric thiocyanate cost?

[ArctusCanusLupus]

OMG! Now thats the 'wow' i need for my science project!

[soadj28]

That's awesome.

[dhwanitchem]

Oh My GOD!!!! i am amazed i am a chemist but this is the first time i have seen this experiment!! thanks!!

[g00nther]

That is f**king cool!