• Question: what is your favourite chemical reaction to watch?

    Asked by anon-294509 to Philip on 20 May 2021.
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      Philip Drake answered on 20 May 2021:


      I like the Carbon snake demonstration. Mixing sugar with sulfuric acid. I also like burning magnesium and the oscillating reaction as bromate ions oxidise malonic acid to carbon dioxide!

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