Yeah - at my school we have some pretty dangerous things. Now, I've found
the concentrated Sulphuric Acid, but where did my teacher put the
Francium...? :P
stwalkerster
On 24/12/2007, geni <geniice(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 24/12/2007, Ray Saintonge <saintonge(a)telus.net> wrote:
Screaming jelly-babies may not be the most
instructive of experiments,
but the dramatic effects are bound to pique the interests of teen boys,
and that's all you can hope for at that stage. Many a career in science
was founded on making things explode to an extent that is no longer
possible ion today's bowdlerized chemistry sets.
I suspect you haven't seen the inside of a school chemistry store
lately. With the right knowledge it would appear to be possible to
create some significant explosions. There do appear to have been some
recent changes that would make it much harder to make any form of
nerve gas.
--
geni
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