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The Amazing World of Science Up Close

Learning the periodic table was one of the boring parts of science class but the memorable bits were when the teachers let you lose in the lab. Putting different chemicals together makes for unexpected  reactions and often things that go boom. See what menace these experimenters got up to in these animations, and don’t try these at home!

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Nitrogen triiodide tapped
Amazing Chemistry: Fun with Science

A pencil conducts electricity
Amazing Chemistry: Fun with Science

High voltage electricity runs through a coin
Amazing Chemistry: Fun with Science

Matchstick upclose when it’s lit
Amazing Chemistry: Fun with Science

Mercury thiocynanate burning
Amazing Chemistry: Fun with Science

Amix of isocyanate and polyol
Amazing Chemistry: Fun with Science


Microwaving a CD

Amazing Chemistry: Fun with Science


Ink dropped in kerosene

Amazing Chemistry: Fun with Science


Magnets melt a piece of metal

Amazing Chemistry: Fun with Science


Steel wool’s reaction to fire

Amazing Chemistry: Fun with Science


Ping pong rain: 1500 ping pongs balls, plus liquid nitrogen

Amazing Chemistry: Fun with Science


Two pieces of metal fused by friction

Amazing Chemistry: Fun with Science
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