During a Chemistry experiment in Year 10, we were testing what are the basic Chemicals that can cause explosion. One interesting part of it is to directly burn the concentrated materials in a plastic flask outside the lab.
One of the naughtier boys was chosen by the teacher to light up the wick that leads to a solid Potassium. Not knowing the property of Potassium that reacts strongly to flame, that boy casually litted the wick and waited for something to happen. As expected, the solid Potassium of the size of a small pinch of cheese exploded in rapid reaction and gave all of us a shock. Lol. None of us expected it!
When we settled down, the boy was gone from sight. His friend tried to look for him, and found him 5 minutes later under one of the lab benches shivering and tearing. LOL. Poor guy!
One of the naughtier boys was chosen by the teacher to light up the wick that leads to a solid Potassium. Not knowing the property of Potassium that reacts strongly to flame, that boy casually litted the wick and waited for something to happen. As expected, the solid Potassium of the size of a small pinch of cheese exploded in rapid reaction and gave all of us a shock. Lol. None of us expected it!
When we settled down, the boy was gone from sight. His friend tried to look for him, and found him 5 minutes later under one of the lab benches shivering and tearing. LOL. Poor guy!