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Offline snowman0098

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unknown reaction
« on: December 14, 2006, 11:32:02 AM »
ok, i stole some chemicals from my teacher's cabinet and poured them into a container:

hydrogen peroxide (h2o2) + iron filings (i dont know) + cupric chloride (cucl2)

i just did it and its like fizzing in my garage. what is it making?
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Re: unknown reaction
« Reply #1 on: December 14, 2006, 11:35:34 AM »
Dialing 112.
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Re: unknown reaction
« Reply #2 on: December 14, 2006, 09:37:42 PM »
Quote from: Borek on December 14, 2006, 11:35:34 AM
Dialing 112.

What if that person isn't in Europe?  ;)

Write out a balanced equation, or at least right out the reactant side, and tell us what you think it may be.
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Re: unknown reaction
« Reply #3 on: December 14, 2006, 10:03:36 PM »
Quote from: Borek on December 14, 2006, 11:35:34 AM
Dialing 112.

peroxide isn't that dangerous lol

But you are right; never pour something together when you are unsure of what it will do; and definitely don't steal chemicals from your teacher's  cabinet -.-


Anyway, write down what the original contents are that you poured together and start from that. Don't forget water, as I am almost sure the peroxide must have been in solution.
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Re: unknown reaction
« Reply #4 on: December 14, 2006, 10:08:49 PM »
Quote from: Borek on December 14, 2006, 11:35:34 AM
Dialing 112.

peroxide isn't that dangerous lol

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It is used as rocket fuel, yes it is that dangerous.
Though, not in the concentration a teach would have sitting around in a high school lab.
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Re: unknown reaction
« Reply #5 on: December 15, 2006, 05:33:30 AM »
Quote from: constant thinker on December 14, 2006, 09:37:42 PM
Quote from: Borek on December 14, 2006, 11:35:34 AM
Dialing 112.

What if that person isn't in Europe?  ;)

He is in Italy, that was the first thing I've checked.
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Re: unknown reaction
« Reply #6 on: December 15, 2006, 05:34:53 AM »
Quote from: DevaDevil on December 14, 2006, 10:03:36 PM
Quote from: Borek on December 14, 2006, 11:35:34 AM
Dialing 112.

peroxide isn't that dangerous lol

I was thinking about police, not firemen.
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