So is it the C from CO2 that oxidizes on the surface, or the combustible material from the bread is used in the reaction revealing the carbon in the toast?
The black actually hides IN the toatser and when the toats burns, the black leaps out of from behind the burny coil things and attaches itself to the bread. AKA Science. Edit: My manners! I forgot to woo the pic (that took me a while to get and then realised it was a compo entry).
(FlowerpotNo longer has the vapours thanks to DTH,
Tue 6 Mar 2007, 15:36,
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i think you taught at my old school.....
:D
(The King of HatsCone of shame,
Tue 6 Mar 2007, 15:39,
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eurekakakakakaka!
(god save the queenmaking another unremarkable comeback,
Tue 6 Mar 2007, 15:39,
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I don't have the tits
thank gawd
(FlowerpotNo longer has the vapours thanks to DTH,
Tue 6 Mar 2007, 15:40,
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Ok, here's what I think you need to know
Everything organic on this planet is made from a mixture of Carbon, Hydrogen and Oxygen. K?
When something burns, it releases water (mixture of Hydrogen and Oxygen) and Carbon Dioxide.
However if combustion is inefficient (as in the case of burning toast) there will be a residue of carbon left on the surface of whatever is burning since not enough oxygen combines with the carbon to produce CO2.
Carbon is black. There you go.
(wastedindustryyes indeed sir,
Tue 6 Mar 2007, 15:42,
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except when it is diamonds
(Wasp Boxlike a nervous random stranger at a glory hole,
Tue 6 Mar 2007, 15:46,
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So
If you put diamonds in a toatser, the won't be black despite containing carbon! That is top science ;)
(FlowerpotNo longer has the vapours thanks to DTH,
Tue 6 Mar 2007, 15:47,
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Yes, and interestingly
the same applies to dingos, destitutes and dentists, but not dace.
(Wasp Boxlike a nervous random stranger at a glory hole,
Tue 6 Mar 2007, 15:50,
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Damn
and I thought there was a pattern emerging.
(FlowerpotNo longer has the vapours thanks to DTH,
Tue 6 Mar 2007, 15:56,
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there's always an exception to the rule,
which proves the rule
(Wasp Boxlike a nervous random stranger at a glory hole,
Tue 6 Mar 2007, 15:59,
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Could you patronise us a bit more please?
Subtleties are so lost on B3tards :)
(FlowerpotNo longer has the vapours thanks to DTH,
Tue 6 Mar 2007, 15:46,
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Hah sorry ;)
Judging by the question I thought I'd better explain carefully. And I replied to the wrong person too :p
(wastedindustryyes indeed sir,
Tue 6 Mar 2007, 15:53,
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what about hydrocarbons
no oxygen in those
(plentyofantsmore ghee, vicar?,
Tue 6 Mar 2007, 15:49,
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No
but the carbon oxidises using the oxygen in the air.
Besides, hydrocarbons aren't organic.
(wastedindustryyes indeed sir,
Tue 6 Mar 2007, 15:52,
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?
(second part, not the first; there's plenty of oxygen in the air)
alkanes aren't organic? benzene isn't organic? news to me [edit: also, some compunds, such as what you get when you completely halogenate a hydrocarbon, don't even have hydrogen in either]
(plentyofantsmore ghee, vicar?,
Tue 6 Mar 2007, 15:57,
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hydrocarbons aren't...
oh, nevermind, let's get back to MAGNETS!
(Wasp Boxlike a nervous random stranger at a glory hole,
Tue 6 Mar 2007, 16:02,
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magnets
(Wasp Boxlike a nervous random stranger at a glory hole,
Tue 6 Mar 2007, 15:42,
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^---- this
hard
in the face
twice
(Dr. StrangeNow Fully ISO 3103 Compliant!,
Tue 6 Mar 2007, 15:46,
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that's bit clever
had me perplexed for a while there.
(god save the queenmaking another unremarkable comeback,
Tue 6 Mar 2007, 15:34,
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He he he
(Statler&WaldorfI'm a lumberjack and I'm OK.,
Tue 6 Mar 2007, 15:35,
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haha!
you are a daft.
(- D -SharkTrousers,
Tue 6 Mar 2007, 15:37,
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PULL!
(Zank FrappaWho let the lefties in?,
Tue 6 Mar 2007, 15:43,
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