Home ScienceHave you split the atom in your kitchen? Made your own fireworks? Fired a bacon rocket through your window?
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chthonic, Thu 9 Aug 2012, 17:25)
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Petrochemical volatilityOne of my dad's stories from his engineering days involved one of his tutors prising the lid off a full barrel of petrol in the lab and immediately throwing a match in. The petrol fumes hadn't had time to dissipate on contact with the air, so the match hit the liquid petrol and just went out. History does not reflect how many seconds' pause would have produced a different result.
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.Yeti., Thu 16 Aug 2012, 14:01,
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