This explosion and some fireworks were done for the opening of our new chemistry building. But some passer-by called 911 "Chemistry institute is burning and exploding" and then they came: 3 police cars, 4 fire-brigade cars (one of them had an accident on the road), 3 lifequard cars and some medical vehicles. Lots of explaining afterwards...
@chemicum I have 3 vids and one is just under a half gram of KMnO4 + Al and it was in lightly crumpled paper not tightly confined in any way. BOOM! rung my ears good and blinded me from the flash for ~2 seconds and almost got the cops called on me at 2am, sounded just like a 9mm pistol (I hunt) and I live in town. really not fun but i can laugh now. so you see why I would NEVER put together that much, having had an accident at ~0.5g lol. braver than I. god vid I liked it a lot
Well, some reactions-explosions can be done inside, for example nitrocellulose burning and propane filled balloon explosions. Acetylene makes some damage - black ceiling and walls. Alkali metals and water - only inside fume cupboard, but there is lots of cleaning afterwards.
that was fun to watch. also damn that was a lot of MnO4/Al flash mix! wouldn't want to be the guy mixing that batch up for a vid.
demnlordd666 2 weeks ago in playlist More videos from chemicum
I agree about KMnO4/Al - it was a very careful mixing, still creepy. Wouldn't do it again. Friction, pressure or static spark would have set it off.
I remember a case when a few grams of permanganate|aluminium|sulphur mixture exploded when all components were crushed together in a mortair.
chemicum 2 weeks ago
This explosion and some fireworks were done for the opening of our new chemistry building. But some passer-by called 911 "Chemistry institute is burning and exploding" and then they came: 3 police cars, 4 fire-brigade cars (one of them had an accident on the road), 3 lifequard cars and some medical vehicles. Lots of explaining afterwards...
chemicum 2 weeks ago
@chemicum I have 3 vids and one is just under a half gram of KMnO4 + Al and it was in lightly crumpled paper not tightly confined in any way. BOOM! rung my ears good and blinded me from the flash for ~2 seconds and almost got the cops called on me at 2am, sounded just like a 9mm pistol (I hunt) and I live in town. really not fun but i can laugh now. so you see why I would NEVER put together that much, having had an accident at ~0.5g lol. braver than I. god vid I liked it a lot
demnlordd666 2 weeks ago
om
BigxBadxBloxx 3 weeks ago
too bad you cant do this in college chem labs
sreddy117 1 month ago
Well, some reactions-explosions can be done inside, for example nitrocellulose burning and propane filled balloon explosions. Acetylene makes some damage - black ceiling and walls. Alkali metals and water - only inside fume cupboard, but there is lots of cleaning afterwards.
chemicum 1 month ago
:D
slickvik212 2 months ago