Pool Shock and Brake Fluid at College Station - 1

[joe7dust]

double Wadsworth constant....

[SittingMooseShaman]

...hm-mm, parking lot chemistry is indeed a lot of fun... However, the release of [free] chlorine... can make it all the more interesting and fun- especially if the chlorine takes on a more entertaining form: That of phosgene gas...!! ... ... .

[ANewNormalcy]

Face shields? √

Protective clothing? √

Protective foot ware? √

[irieninja420]

u can edit off like 2 mins of this video plz

[enanotodo]

you just wasted a perfectly good fire extinguisher

[kadunkachunk]

wow get a life and get off the sword

[elliotmotocross]

That is such a waste of calcium hypochlorite, you can turn it into an oxidising chemical for a real explosion, you can turn it into flash powder with a bit of Aluminium and Sulphur.

[formula1fan07]

I know what you mean, hypothetically speaking of course.

[DonaldLanoux89]

What happens if you have a 50-50 solution of the chemicals? Does it affect the time of reaction, or does it not work at all? I'm a physics major, so I really appreciate this video. Thanks

[formula1fan07]

It's been a while since I studied this reaction, but I beleive that the limiting reagent is the brake fluid. So we mixed 1 tbsp brake fluid with 1 teaspoon pool shock... I think. What you really have to pay attention to is air humidity, on a rainy day, this reaction can take up to 25 minutes to get going

[DonaldLanoux89]

Hey thanks alot. I didn't think air humidity was a factor in a closed system. Thanks for getting back to me.

[aussiefreerun]

*Citizen of the world*

lol

[alanowlsalanowls]

watching lads stood in a car park, yea, great

[FryChicken]

Heh, watch out. College Station is a cupcake town. The police have nothing better to do other than to look for people exploring any aspect of science.

[Atriedis]

what doesn't produce chlorine gas? I could be wrong but i though that when you mix chlorine with brake fluid the reaction produces chlorine gas?

[formula1fan07]

The gas products that burn are short hydrocarbon chains and their alcohols. Propane, propanol, butane, butanol etc. The harmful part of the product is that the cloud contains particulates of the reducing agent, calcium hypochlorite, so if you breath the cloud you breath in small amounts of bleach. I did this experiment for national chemistry week at my university. It is pretty safe.

[Atriedis]

very nice. quite good with no deadly biproducts like the chlroine gas produced in the reaction resulting from the mixture of chlorine and brake fluid.