Royal Society Of Chemistry - 2017-03-01
Calcium carbide and the ethyne gas it produces on contact with water are a rich source of exciting demonstrations. In previous demonstrations we have explored ethyne’s unsaturation and used it to propel food cans into the air (see http://rsc.li/EiC217ec), but in this video we produce a contact explosive capable of producing some impressive bangs. Read the article that accompanies this video in the March 2017 issue of Education in Chemistry at http://rsc.li/EiC217ec This is part of the Education in Chemistry Exhibition Chemistry series: chemistry demonstrations to capture your students' imaginations: http://rsc.li/EiCExChem
Back in 1971, my brother blew half his hand off when he pulled a glass stopper off a bottle where some had dried at the rim.
That's weird. He probably made the pure stuff. The double salt is more powerful but less sensitive according to people. I made the double salt and it is very insensitive to shock (withstood multiple hard hits from a steel hammer) and friction but very sensitive to flame and apparently static electricity. I never stored mine but I've heard that storing it in water can leech out the silver nitrate making it more sensitive and less powerful. Sorry to hear that happened it's a costly price to pay for the pursuit of knowledge.
I love how the RSC has a video demonstrating how to make a dangerous high explosive and the person in the vid doesn't wear gloves lmao
thats 1 way,i'do suggest adding a excess of hno3 in the silver solution,yields alot more Sads
ParaFanta's HQ the reaction is setup to ensure no more than 0.5 g is produced for legal reasons so insufficient yield not a concern :)
thanks :)
The links to the technician sheets on the education in chemistry site are broken.
Benedict Gilkes thanks for letting us know. Hopefully get someone to look into this in the morning.
Song name? I bet is from Kevin MacLeod. xD
Yes. Credited at the end.
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nehorlavazapalka - 2017-09-28
Warning! Pure silver acetylide is more sensitive to friction (and - likely- impact ) than the double salt!!!!