Potassium - Periodic Table of Videos
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Uploaded by periodicvideos on Oct 13, 2008
Potassium is an "evil" element, but it's crucial to life. In this video see some violent explosions and the gentle creation of a potassium mirror.
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The way science is supposed to work. Explosions.
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The thumbnail looks epic. xD
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Potassium Nitrate and Sugar......
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@dumbzebra Thats what chemistry is all about. Having fun with the building blocks of nature. All chem teachers should start by saying= ok kids, lets make Gold...then work backwards. If mine had done that instead of making me stare at some idiotic 2 letter words that I can hardly pronounce, I wouldnt have failed so badly and would be making youtube vids of POTASSIUM today :)
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@YouHadTheMoth VAAAAAAAAAQ
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Look at the last few letters for the URL of this video
1 month ago 2
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It'd be a PERFECT practical joke.
Just convince an enemy to hold a water tray, drop in the K and run like hell.
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1:20 He is running as if somebody dropped a hand grenade.
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What a stud
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Look at them chemists, fooling around like teenagers with some firecrackers on 4th of July
dumbzebra 8 months ago 24
lol we did this experiment in school on a smaller scale and an air bubble under the potassium exploded and my friend chris was lucky enough to catch a piece of it (accidentally)... he screamed... loudly
johnhill96 7 months ago 6