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My School and "Silly Science" Day.
FrequentDeath (2013-05-10 13:24:59)1.) Go to a grocery store or big box store and pick up toilet cleaner containing hydrogen chloride (a.k.a. hydrochloric or muriatic acid). One brand, the Works, contains 20% hydrogen chloride.
2.) omitted You don’t need too much omitted; just enough to reach about the 1/5 mark on a bottle.
3.) Get a plastic bottle with a screw top. Do not use a metal or glass container!
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5.) Go outside, far from houses and people! Place the bottle on a stone or something other than grass. The leftover acid will kill grass.
6.) Squirt some of the toilet bowl cleaner into the bottle. Just enough to coat the omitted and leave a generous pool of cleaner on the bottom of the bottle will do.
7.) Quickly (omitted) run! It will take a few seconds to a few minutes until the bottle fills with gas, expands, and eventually explodes.
8.) Wash down the area with water after the bottle has exploded. Don’t touch the remaining substance if there is any surrounding the bottle. It will burn you.
The chemistry explanation: The aluminum foil in your kitchen is coated with a type of wax. This is to prevent you from being burned by the aluminum since it is a strong skin irritant. The Works toilet bowl cleaner (and some others) contains hydrochloric acid. The acid strips the coating away, exposing the aluminum. Hydrochloric acid reacts rapidly with aluminum to produce Aluminum Chloride (soluble) and Hydrogen gas. Here’s the reaction (omitting key steps needed to get the reaction to work):
6HCl(aq) + 2Al(s) –> 2AlCl3(aq) + 3H2(g)
This rapid production of gas pressurizes the bottle until it bursts, creating a very loud bang. The stronger the bottle, the louder the bang.
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FluffehSummer (2013-05-15 09:10:49)They hack parents and teachers bank accounts. ^ My College Fund went missing last year after that day.
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The past three years on silly science day at my school.
May 10, 2010
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I Spilled Antacid and buned a hole in the science lab counter.
Then i got cornstarch in my friends eyes.And i Cut my hand on a test tube.
May 10, 2011
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I Broke 3 spoons, Spilled Water and Vinegar,Got Flour in my eyes,And Broke my finger.
May 10,2012
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Burned hole in counter again,Cut my hand on beaker,Spilled Flour,and Sprang my leg from slipping.
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Tomorrow is Silly Science Day 2013. Ill post what happens.
Im Clumsy x3