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Candy Cane Vs. Potassium Chlorate

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Uploaded by on Dec 15, 2009

This holiday season, we use Christmas candy canes for this demonstration of chemistry!

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  • Would concentrated sulfuric acid have worked to initiate the reaction? I've seen a demonstration with potassium perchlorate mixed with starch that yielded the same result, but a drop of sulfuric acid was used to set it going. Same mechanism I think (starch= polymerized sugar). The only difficulty that I could see with using Sulf acid here is that the point of contact is powder/candy cane versus two finely mixed powders. Nice vid!

  • @Krindol to be honest i'm not sure, that's a good question! I'll see if i can try it out sometime in the future.

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  • actually i see the flame is green, red, and white :) christmas fire!

  • can u eat it when its burnt??

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  • @Shafi149 potassium chloride = KCl

    Potassium chlorate = KClO3

  • best college roomate prank ever: put cesium in their bath tub :D

  • it's chloride isn't it :L

  • MAN! I wish you were my science teacher.. :(

  • A nice delicious fireplace for us thus winter season.

  • Thumbs up if NurdRage is the reason you asked for lab glass for Christmas!

  • But the question is... will it blend?

  • But cherry is the best candy cane flavor! D:

  • SUPER DARE: Candy Cane VS Molten Sodium Chlorate......KO

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