That looks awesome, but I can't help but think about what happens to the fish :tinfoil:
If you're ever down because you can only skip rocks 2 times, then Sodium is for you.
[QUOTE=Ferosso;47165089]That looks awesome, but I can't help but think about what happens to the fish :tinfoil:[/QUOTE]
I don't know the pond looks dug out and man made, it might not even be stocked.. I could be wrong
[QUOTE=Ferosso;47165089]That looks awesome, but I can't help but think about what happens to the fish :tinfoil:[/QUOTE]
It said at the end of the video that the enviornment wasn't harmed so you have nothing to worry about.
Now do a block of Potassium.
[QUOTE=_Maverick_;47165219]Now do a block of Potassium.[/QUOTE]
bitch do francium
[QUOTE=Ferosso;47165089]That looks awesome, but I can't help but think about what happens to the fish :tinfoil:[/QUOTE]
it's a quarry pond, which means it was a hole that ended up filled with rain water and is also probably extremely dirty/acidic/toxic depending on what the quarry is composed of. Fish aren't going to magically appear there, and if fish were manually introduced, they'd die in that water. It's usually inadviseable to swim in quarry water because it can be dangerous
They also mention in the description:
[quote]The department at chemistry and physics at Anderson University (Indiana) discovered that a local quarry was going to drain a small pond. This seemed like the perfect time to toss some sodium into it and have some fun. The environmental impact on this experiment is negligible. Sodium in water makes sodium hydroxide which would slightly increase the pH in the water and nearby soil. This helped to neutralize the acidity of them.[/quote]
so it's making the water less acidic, that sounds like a plus
[QUOTE=uitham;47165406]bitch do francium[/QUOTE]
Assuming you could successfully synthesize Francium, even the most stable isotope has a half-life of only 22 minutes.
It would be gone by the time you got to the lake. :v:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTFBXJ3Zd_4[/media]
great, now I'm addicted to watching uncontrolled chemical reaction videos.
[editline]18th February 2015[/editline]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HY7mTCMvpEM[/media]
What chemical would react more violently than anything else in the world if you did this?
throw a barrel of it into the lake
I kinda wish someone would grate up a bar and throw it in, with a wider surface area the reaction would happen with much great ferocity.
Imagine if a cargo boat full of sodium capsized...
[QUOTE=J!NX;47166026]What chemical would react more violently than anything else in the world if you did this?
throw a barrel of it into the lake[/QUOTE]
Grab a periodic table and look at the alkali metal column. Everything in that column reacts in this manner, farther down the table an element is the stronger the reaction.
[QUOTE=TestECull;47166725]Grab a periodic table and look at the alkali metal column. Everything in that column reacts in this manner, farther down the table an element is the stronger the reaction.[/QUOTE]
Also you'd want to make some fancy shmancily shaped barrel that has a lot more surface area for that extra fun
Francium would give you the most violent reaction.
that is, if the radiation doesn't kill you before you get to the lake.
also there isn't enough francium on the earth to make a 1kg bar.
[QUOTE=Zenreon117;47165959][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTFBXJ3Zd_4[/media]
great, now I'm addicted to watching uncontrolled chemical reaction videos.
[editline]18th February 2015[/editline]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HY7mTCMvpEM[/media][/QUOTE]
"Who wants to throw it in?"
"me"
"Trevor"
"I'll do it!"
"I think I'll just keep doing it. Bitches"
[QUOTE=TestECull;47166725]Grab a periodic table and look at the alkali metal column. Everything in that column reacts in this manner, farther down the table an element is the stronger the reaction.[/QUOTE]
everything in that column then
[QUOTE=J!NX;47167944]everything in that column then[/QUOTE]
When you get that block of francium, enjoy your cancer!
Dammit I thought chemistry students where meant to be LAME.
[QUOTE=dai;47165461]It's usually inadviseable to swim in quarry water because it can be dangerous[/QUOTE]
Shit, I used to swim in those all the time when me and a friend would go out dirtbiking. Am I going to die?
[QUOTE=sasherz;47171702]Shit, I used to swim in those all the time when me and a friend would go out dirtbiking. Am I going to die?[/QUOTE]
no
[QUOTE=dai;47165461]it's a quarry pond, which means it was a hole that ended up filled with rain water and is also probably extremely dirty/acidic/toxic depending on what the quarry is composed of. Fish aren't going to magically appear there, and if fish were manually introduced, they'd die in that water. It's usually inadviseable to swim in quarry water because it can be dangerous
They also mention in the description:
so it's making the water less acidic, that sounds like a plus[/QUOTE]
Yeah I know that, but I still think there may be some fish living in the water. I fish a lot, and those old rock quarries are often perfect habitats for fish to live in. Especially trout thrives in those kind of places.
On the other side, I'd presume - if there are any fish in the water - they'd be smart enough to get away fast as soon as something hits the water.
[QUOTE=dai;47165461]:words:[/QUOTE]
Woah Dai, I never knew you were into science!
So what exactly happens to the atoms that a reaction this powerful happens?
-snipped for idiocy-
but this is not lithium, this is sodium (assuming it's sodium 23), sodium is heavier
[QUOTE=Recurracy;47179562]So what exactly happens to the atoms that a reaction this powerful happens?[/QUOTE]
The metal is transferring its most unstabe s-shell electron into the water which breaks the H2O dipole and creates a negative hydroxide ion which bonds with the metal and releases hydrogen gas, which usually ignites due to the enthalpy change of the reaction. The reason it's so reactive/explosive especially down the group is because the outer s-shell in the alkali metal is very unstable and tends to lose its energy level very quickly. Down the group the energy level gets higher, making the reaction more violent
2H2O → 2NaOH + H2
Nothing happens to the 'atoms' it's just an electron exchange
I hope they checked the banks before they left
Some of those chunks were flying pretty high, and it would suck for some kid to stumble upon something as vicious as a bit of sodium
[QUOTE=Recurracy;47179562]So what exactly happens to the atoms that a reaction this powerful happens?[/QUOTE]
As you go down the column, the atoms have more full shells of electrons (but they all have an outer shell of 1 electron). The energy required to remove that outermost electron and have a balanced particle becomes less and less the further down you go, since that electron is further from the center of the atom. Sodium reacts more than lithium, potassium reacts more than sodium and so on. That's why francium is the most reactive - it requires the least energy to remove the outermost electron and if added to water will react quicker and more violently.
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