[neact] Re: potassium chlorate and gummi bear

Hi!
I did this demonstration and burned my hand because the gummi bear wouldn¹t
slide down the tube and I foolishly ramroded it in using a combustion spoon
which I should have bent back on itself to be safe but didn¹t... A much
safer demo that unfortunately doesn¹t involve a sacrifice is called the M&M
massacre. I use 2 M&Ms- they slide down the tube easily and don¹t
stick...avoid the temptation to keep putting in more M&M¹s even though there
may be a lot of leftover molten potassium perchlorate.
The kids loved it....I am a teacher who likes to ³fire² students up once in
a while with this sort of thing... I save the videos for things I really
can¹t do myself like thermonuclear explosions....
Dave Crockett


On 1/2/09 10:54 PM, "nancyjeanward@xxxxxxx" <nancyjeanward@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> Hello.  I am contemplating doing a demo with  gummi bear and potassium
> chlorate; however, I am a bit chicken.  Could you give me any info on this?
>  Has any one done this?
> Thanks,
> Nancy Ward
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kenneth W. Brody <kwbrody@xxxxxxx>
> To: neact@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Fri, 26 Dec 2008 12:43 pm
> Subject: [neact] hope to see you
> 
> I apologize for this listing:  I usually read the notices I read with a more
> critical eye before sending them to the list-serve.  I guess the holiday
> season highs made me miss this.  The response I got indicates how shop you
> guys are. 
>  
> Sorry, and Happy New Year. 
>  
> Ken 
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