Losing fingers to chemistry - Periodic Table of Videos

The Prof is back in the lab with a Potassium Dichromate reaction and a story of lost fingers!

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[Steve Grant]

Bet he makes one hell of a martini.

[Vipelierre Serpifeu]

\m/

[SneekyFauker]

His hand is really really shaky.

[Bender9383]

I think he probably has parkinson's disease.

[ronaldwangdra1995]

This video was made right after the "accidental reaction" one involving hydrogen peroxide and potassium permanganate, wasn't it?

[ForFREEDOM13]

that man has some shaky hands for chemist....

[1TheGotrix1]

1. Make sure you have subtitels on

2. make sure that it's in english

3. Fast forward to 0:17 xD

[seq165432]

My God! Were Youtube around back in the 70's and 80's - I would have become a chemist!

[iamtheforce14]

what professor is like "hmm... a vial of blue stuff, im going to shake it!"

[Maria Tereza Leite]

seems loke coque

[Maria Tereza Leite]

que foda

[Paulo Constantino]

WHAT A CLOWN PROFESSOR