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Old 24-05-2005, 07:14   #18
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Re: Sodium + water = big explosions!

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Originally Posted by Richard M
Quite interesting, if only to note the guy clearly knows very little chemistry.
I've had a bit of a play with Potassium (MORE reactive than Sodium!) and knew about the 'jumping' long before I ever got anything near 100+g of the stuff! (1g is more than enough to learn just how violently reactive the alkaline metals are!)

So anyone dumb enough to throw 50g into a bucket of water is possibly up for nomination for a Darwin Award!
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