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That blowed up reeeel good

This is one of the “prettier” explosions I’ve seen. Love the compression wave.

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The sound of the shrapnel flying past through the end just completes the goodness.

And one more… underwater boom…

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Sodium: A real blast at pool parties

Sodium Party

This site is great! Science with a kick. I love it.

Sodium metal reacts rather badly with water. That makes for some great videos!

The site has the same kind of crazy fascination with chemistry that my friend had as we were growing up. He even made nitroglycerin once (and he’s now a pharmacist… scary).

From the main Sodium page:

As with any reactive element, sodium’s character is changed completely when it’s . . . → Read More: Sodium: A real blast at pool parties