From: Frankie Wood-Black <fwblack**At_Symbol_Here**CABLEONE.NET>
Subject: Re: Fwd: [DCHAS-L] See the Chemical Reaction That Takes Place When Sulfuric Acid Is Poured on Household Sugar
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2015 08:21:50 -0500
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Demystify:
I have seen the reaction. This is another demonstration that widely circulated. I was a bit surprised to see where the video hit the "popular" press. This video is on a bit larger scale than the one that typically gets circulated. I have seen a smaller "snake" version that usually shows up around Halloween.
From: "Sandra Koster" <skoster**At_Symbol_Here**UWLAX.EDU> To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**MED.CORNELL.EDU Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2015 1:18:55 PM Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Fwd: See the Chemical Reaction That Takes Place When Sulfuric Acid Is Poured on Household Sugar
Of course anything that gives off SO2 should be done in a hood. Besides that I should report that a colleague who did this as a demo rinsed the residue and disposed of it in a wastebasket--which later caught the paper on fire. Surprise, surprise! Guess it wasn't rinsed enough.
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