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Anderson University sodium toss (explosion)

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Uploaded by on Aug 24, 2011

The department at chemistry and physics at Anderson University (Indiana) discovered that a local quarry was going to drain a small pond. This seemed like the perfect time to toss some sodium into it and have some fun. The environmental impact on this experiment is negligible. Sodium in water makes sodium hydroxide which would slightly increase the pH in the water and nearby soil. This helped to neutralize the acidity of them.

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  • Someone throw some Francium in, though you might need some bunny suits!!

  • So that's what my father saw many decades ago when the school he worked for let him toss a pound of Sodium in a nearby canal. BOOM!

  • who said science was boring??

  • That was cool <3

  • We all love some Sodium hydroxide!

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