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Happy Chinese New Year!

Celebrate the #YearOfThePig with fireworks from our favourite human perpetual motion machine, Andrew Szydlo

This reaction is potassium chlorate + icing sugar reacting explosively with just 3 drops of sulphuric acid.

Icing sugar is a carbohydrate which gives the reaction energy, much like our own icing-fuelled sugar highs

#chinesenewyear    #lunarnewyear    #yearofthepig    #royal institution    #ri science    #andrew szydlo    #fireworks    #chemistry    #realtimechem    #potassium    
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Tue, 05 Feb 2019 08:41:20
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