Sunday, June 5, 2011

Good science, with laughs!


Having just looked at some thoroughly bad science (see the post below this one), I thought it might be useful to remove the nasty taste from my mouth with some of the good stuff. Here's the BBC's Braniacs demonstrating what happens when you put alkali metals into water.










Peter

9 comments:

Stan said...

I believe francium would be the next metal on the list, but it's very expensive.

Wayne Conrad said...

If you do get ahold of some Francium, use it quiickly! It has a half-life of, at best, 23 minutes.

trailbee said...

For some reason I did not do well in Chemistry class and quit. Look at what I missed. Darn it. :)

SpeakerTweaker said...

That was hilarious! I love the host; With all of the British he could muster, he made the imminent Blowing Up of Stuff seem so natural.

Right-o, indeed;)



tweaker

gebiv said...

That's Richard Hammond. He's also one of the hosts of Top Gear, perhaps the best automotive show... ever. (Even if they do have a bit of American Auto bashing.)

Anonymous said...

One might think, after watching the explosions caused by rubidium and cesium, that sodium and potassium in water would not be dangerous, but that would be a lye.

Antibubba

Old NFO said...

Very nice :-)

Tam said...

Man, I'm in the wrong line of work. :)

Tim D said...

Explosions are fun, too bad its faked.
Bad Science

and if I remember correctly Mythbusters also busted this.

Tim D