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Asked by livy to Hywel, Joseph, Patience, Poonam, Rachael on 14 Jun 2010 in Categories: Scientist. This question was also asked by jordbass, aceiiscopezz, ifreak132, absx.
Question: Have you ever blown anything up?
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Dr Hywel Jones answered on 14 Jun 2010:
Not deliberately! I once exploded a test tube of black stuff all over my mothers kitchen with my first chemistry set. Sometimes I get to cool things in liquid nitrogen and hit them with a big hammer (they shatter spectacularly). My work on ceramic armour is testing in firing ranges where it gets shot at.
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Joseph Cook answered on 14 Jun 2010:
When you work in a laboratory there are always hazards that need to be carefully considered. Before you start any experiment you have to identify all the risks and take measures to minimise the chance that harm will come to yourself or others.
Most scientists will have an accident or two at some point, but hopefully they won’t be too serious because measures will be in place to keep you safe. I’ve never blown anything up, thank goodness, but I’ve had a couple of near misses. The most serious accident I’ve had was that I once cut my hand while doing an experiment and I had to go to hospital to have stitches.
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Poonam Kaushik answered on 14 Jun 2010:
Not really! but once in my graduation days I was dissecting a frog in one of my zoology lab experiments. And when I was about to dissect the frog it jumped on me! and I was shaken! 🙂
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Rachael Fox answered on 14 Jun 2010:
Not that I can think of. I’m quite disappointed about that though…
Comments
lavamonster commented on :
What is the most reactive thing in the world? Is it Francium or Uranium or somting like that? 🙂
Joseph commented on :
Francium is the most reactive of the alkali metals, but I think the most reactive element is fluorine. Uranium is unstable and so radioactive, which means it decays over time resulting in lighter elements and radiation is emitted in the process.