Potassium Metal Explosion
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thx i gots my vid 4 skool
(8(|) <= homer (lol)
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now do cesium
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we done this at school today, we started off with a tiny bit, then we kept getting bigger and bigger, it was in a glass bowl, there was like a 2x2x2 cm peice, we put it in and every1 shat themselves and the bowl shattered! LMFAO it was so funny!
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cLICK ON THE 20 SECOND MARK.
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@SapphireLovesTheSea At my school my teacher made a lump of potassium and sodium and threw it in a container. Talk about ear rape. It's a really loud explosion.
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@keruhl238 your point is????
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lol i have school project i have to do on Potassium, thats how i found this video. :) that was cool!
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awesome explosion!!!!!!
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i got hurt doing sodium explosion. the sodium went bang then HOT liquid sodium sprayed on my arm. yow.
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i love how the bucket just bounces up in the air like that!
For all you non-Chemists: The reaction of potassium metal with water proudces potassium hydroxide (a very strong base) and hydrogen gas. The reaction is so exothermic (hot) the hydrogen produced instanly explodes. I have made solutions of alkoxide bases for chemistry labs and it is by far the greatest thing about being a TA for a chem lab.
keruhl238 3 years ago 14
we can't do this at school, because when they did it before, the bowl exploded!
SapphireLovesTheSea 2 years ago 6