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Offline DarinSchmidt

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Explosive Liquid
« on: October 30, 2011, 10:02:57 »
Never heard of this till today. Good thing they put this as a warning on all Microwaves..... They dont, that was sarcasim.

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Offline Todd W.

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Re: Explosive Liquid
« Reply #1 on: October 30, 2011, 10:04:13 »
Hmmmmmmm, Hot RO/DI anyone  >:D

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Re: Explosive Liquid
« Reply #2 on: October 30, 2011, 10:31:25 »
They did it on mythbusters awhile back... soon as they stuck a spoon in it, it flash boiled.
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Re: Explosive Liquid
« Reply #3 on: October 30, 2011, 10:37:04 »
We did this in science class in highschool, pretty awesome.
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Re: Explosive Liquid
« Reply #4 on: October 30, 2011, 10:53:18 »
vacuums with water are always fun too
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Re: Explosive Liquid
« Reply #5 on: October 30, 2011, 11:03:47 »
vacuums with water are always fun too

You guys are easily amused.    Back when I was in Junior High, our science teacher took pure sodium and dropped it into water.


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Re: Explosive Liquid
« Reply #6 on: October 30, 2011, 11:14:26 »
You guys are easily amused.    Back when I was in Junior High, our science teacher took pure sodium and dropped it into water.



We did plenty of that aswell... Potassium better for you?
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Re: Explosive Liquid
« Reply #7 on: October 30, 2011, 11:51:39 »
I prefer francium
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Re: Explosive Liquid
« Reply #8 on: October 30, 2011, 12:06:17 »
thats cool
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Re: Explosive Liquid
« Reply #9 on: October 30, 2011, 12:24:18 »
Cool
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Re: Explosive Liquid
« Reply #10 on: October 30, 2011, 12:33:28 »
I prefer francium

I prefer not to play with radioactive materials... and good luck finding any...ever
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Re: Explosive Liquid
« Reply #11 on: October 30, 2011, 13:29:09 »
I prefer not to play with radioactive materials... and good luck finding any...ever


lol... One day in undergrad i was going to the basic chemistry class, but there were cops everwhere and the building was roped off.  They were cleaning out a very old chem storage area and found either Cesium or Rubidium and called the bomb squad for disposal.

In case anyone doesnt know, as you go down the elements on the periodic table they get more reactive in the family.  (like sodium vs potassium).  Anyways they store Cesium and Rubidium in sealed glass vials filled with oil. They are very reactive with ambient air and moisture.  Hence the joke about Francium (at the bottom of the family) :)
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Re: Explosive Liquid
« Reply #12 on: October 30, 2011, 13:46:47 »
I would think it was caesium... though radioactive... it is not as "rare" as francium... I have seen caesium before, I have never seen francium.  I understood the "joke"
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Re: Explosive Liquid
« Reply #13 on: October 30, 2011, 13:52:29 »
I would think it was caesium... though radioactive... it is not as "rare" as francium... I have seen caesium before, I have never seen francium.  I understood the "joke"

Could you imagine dropping that vial of cesium?
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Re: Explosive Liquid
« Reply #14 on: October 30, 2011, 14:25:58 »
It wouldn't be good..., but the reaction would still be dependent on ambient temp and humidity. Bodies of water tend to have more violent reactions as they tend to trap or stall the release of hydrogen which doesn't mix with the metal when you have ignition or spark, so the explosions are more localized... the cesium in open air would have a reaction but it would not be explosive in most cases... The cesium would corrode almost instantly in open air... if the humidity was too high you could get ignition but it would not be explosive(or very little).
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Re: Explosive Liquid
« Reply #15 on: October 30, 2011, 14:27:09 »
This should help some understand the effects ;)


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Re: Explosive Liquid
« Reply #16 on: October 30, 2011, 14:48:51 »
That's a cool video.   We used a much larger chunk of Sodium, and dropped it from a little higher, so it completely submerged.....shot up 15 or 20 feet in the air.

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Re: Explosive Liquid
« Reply #17 on: October 30, 2011, 15:16:04 »
Like this ;)



Or this



ORRRRR this?

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Re: Explosive Liquid
« Reply #18 on: October 30, 2011, 15:28:57 »
Here you go Wes, Last video and then I am done ;P

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Re: Explosive Liquid
« Reply #19 on: October 30, 2011, 16:39:00 »
I kept waiting for him to break the vial open and pour it into water....
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Re: Explosive Liquid
« Reply #20 on: October 30, 2011, 19:23:33 »
those were sweet ok who is doing this at a meeting
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