Intimate reactions

[NotHardUp1]

Just saw this, but the video is at least 14 years old.

It's worth it to get to the sodium and water reaction.

 

[Peloso]

That's only funny to total nerds. You are a total nerd. Marry me.

I don't recall seeing a sodium and water reaction. And those chemicals were portrayed by fleshy creatures, not chemicals. I am outraged.

 

[Essex Boy]

Well, well, well. Have you come across Goethe's novella Elective Affinities? (I haven't read it but I did listen to an abridged audiobook version once.) Same idea minus the humour.

The term "elective affinities" is based on the older notion of chemical affinities. In early nineteenth century chemistry, the phrase "elective affinities" or chemical affinities was used to describe compounds that only interacted with each other under select circumstances. Goethe used this as an organizing metaphor for marriage, and for the conflict between responsibility and passion.

Elective Affinities - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[rareboy]

Cute. I am a nerdist.

 

[NotHardUp1]

That's only funny to total nerds. You are a total nerd. Marry me.

I don't recall seeing a sodium and water reaction. And those chemicals were portrayed by fleshy creatures, not chemicals. I am outraged.

I remember in 10th grade, Mr. Garner told Harry to only cut a SMALL piece of sodium off the block (stored in acid) and drop it in the beaker of water. Harry deliberately cut a larger-than-pea-sized blob, and it blew the beaker's water to the ceiling when it exploded. I can't remember the glass breaking though.

Can't unremember that funny lesson.

Poor Mr. Garner killed himself that next summer. He'd hit a car head-on crossing an icy bridge and either the other driver or the passenger was killed. That happened in January, and by mid-summer, he was so depressed and guilt-ridden that he took his own life.

 

[NotHardUp1]

That's only funny to total nerds. You are a total nerd. Marry me.

I don't recall seeing a sodium and water reaction. And those chemicals were portrayed by fleshy creatures, not chemicals. I am outraged.

Dang. You're right. It was potassium and water.

I think I was expecting sodium and water, so made it happen.

 

[purina]

Blue Jell-O doesn't exist in nature.

 

[unloadonme]

Dang. You're right. It was potassium and water.

I think I was expecting sodium and water, so made it happen.

You were right first time. Sodium reacts violently when added to water.

 

[NotHardUp1]

No, I mean in the skit. They show K (potassium at the buffet) and the H20 goes over and starts a fight.

Although, that said, potassium also violently reacts with water, just not as aggressively as sodium, and the high school class demonstrated sodium.

 

[LeicsDom]

No, I mean in the skit. They show K (potassium at the buffet) and the H20 goes over and starts a fight.

Although, that said, potassium also violently reacts with water, just not as aggressively as sodium, and the high school class demonstrated sodium.

Annoying, whiney voice

 

[NotHardUp1]

Annoying, whiney voice

Hey, if you watch videos with the audio on, it's on you, bud.

 

[ChristianGianni]

Love it

 

[72-Jay]

Sodium reacts violently when added to water.

I've heard that, but never seen it done in person.
Not something I'd ever try .. far too dangerous.

Another interesting (and completely safe) sodium-expirament that can be done:
If you have whats called a SOX light (ie: a low-pressure sodium light), you can make fire look black.

Have a smale fire be it in a fireplace or firepit or whatever other safe place to burn in.
Setup the SOX light so it will shine on the fire (with no other source of light present)
Take ordinary table salt (sodiun-chloride) and burn it
This works best if you take a damp paper towel or something else that'll truly hold the salt in place and cover it with a good layer. Simply place that in the fire, and watch closely, you'll get "black flames"
(which in reality aren't black, but the light from the burning sodium plus the light from the sodium in the SOX bulb cancel eachother out, making the flames appear black)

This one I can say does look pretty cool! but can be alittle tricky to make work.

 

[unloadonme]

I've heard that, but never seen it done in person.
Not something I'd ever try .. far too dangerous.

I've only seen it done in chemistry lessons at school.

 

[NotHardUp1]

I've heard that, but never seen it done in person.
Not something I'd ever try .. far too dangerous.

Another interesting (and completely safe) sodium-expirament that can be done:
If you have whats called a SOX light (ie: a low-pressure sodium light), you can make fire look black.

Have a smale fire be it in a fireplace or firepit or whatever other safe place to burn in.
Setup the SOX light so it will shine on the fire (with no other source of light present)
Take ordinary table salt (sodiun-chloride) and burn it
This works best if you take a damp paper towel or something else that'll truly hold the salt in place and cover it with a good layer. Simply place that in the fire, and watch closely, you'll get "black flames"
(which in reality aren't black, but the light from the burning sodium plus the light from the sodium in the SOX bulb cancel eachother out, making the flames appear black)

This one I can say does look pretty cool! but can be alittle tricky to make work.

Color me chicken. I'm averse to toying with any of the highly reactive metals that burn, probably because I have worked with energetics for over 30 years now. Just have no desire at all to see anything burn with fury

 

[Thula]

I remember something similar during my last year at school, science class. Teach explaining that what he was going to do would result in a "small plop" reaction. Well, something went wrong and there was a huge explosion. More than 40 years later & I still remember our teacher's expression; shame, I think he had a much bigger scare than we did!

 

[NotHardUp1]

That experiment ALWAYS gets the class' full attention.

 

[lockeroomguy]

Love it. I guess I have officially renewed my nerd card.