• Question: have you ever exploded something?

    Asked by alex to Alison, Hannah, Jonny, MarthaNari, Paul on 13 Jun 2015.
    • Photo: Paul Brack

      Paul Brack answered on 13 Jun 2015:

      Erm yes, but not intentionally. When I was trying a new experiment once I accidentally made a gas that sets on fire and explodes when it mixes with air – luckily I didn’t make very much of it and the explosion was quite small!

    • Photo: Alison Whitaker

      Alison Whitaker answered on 13 Jun 2015:

      I don’t work with chemicals, so I’ve not exploded anything at work. I do crash computer systems though. But I (usually) do it in a controlled way to see how much it can handle.

    • Photo: Martha Havenith

      Martha Havenith answered on 13 Jun 2015:

      Only at school. đŸ™‚ (Chemistry wasn’t my strong suit….)

    • Photo: Jonny Brooks-Bartlett

      Jonny Brooks-Bartlett answered on 13 Jun 2015:

      I don’t think I have exploded something but this question reminds of an experiment I did a couple years ago with a friend which went wrong:

      We were working with bacteria near a bunsen burner and as my friend was trying to put bacteria in a plate he forgot the bunsen burner was on and he briefly set the front of his hair on fire. He was unharmed and we all found it very funny afterwards. I also found out that burnt hair doesn’t smell very nice.

    • Photo: Hannah Greenwood

      Hannah Greenwood answered on 15 Jun 2015:

      Not on purpose …… plenty of times by accident!

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