Oct 11
Grab your favorite sugary cereal and pull up a seat. It’s time for Saturday Morning Science Experiment! This week, we’re finding out what happens to a gummi bear (i.e., sucrose) when it’s dropped into molten potassium chlorate.
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Holy cow!
Die gummi bear DIE!
That’s the most awesome thing I’ve seen done to a gummy bear today.
Strangely similiar to the reaction between my stomach and a burger from Rally’s…….
Sugary treat? Check. Chemistry? Check. Violent reaction? Check.
I approve this video.
My day is now complete upon seeing this most awesome video.
And you all though Care Bears were lightweights.
Can you never post videos with the Ebaum’s watermark ever again?
I know it’s almost a dead site now, but I want to be sure. Call this the part where we bury it in a mirror-lined box by the nearest river.
Sounds like he is screaming! LOL
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the poor gummy bear!
yes Eric, it does sound like it’s screaming (and i can still hear it…)
I have PERSOANALLY done this exact expeiremnt in my AP chemistry class, we called it the Hungry Hungry Dragon. But we used worms instead. its better in the dark.
I think you can hear it scream.
@bobacus Indeed! You can almost hear it scream. It’s horrifying.
that’s a lot of fire from one bear. imagine if you could burst gummi-bear fueled flames.
just munch a pack of those and save the day.
Yeah, first thing i thought was “Holy crap, it´s screaming!”
Cruelty to (gummi) animals.
omg It’s the new rocket fuel. Screw Ion engines. Burn gummies instead.
Definitly a cry of agony.
Calories are stored energy. Any type of sugar will make a big boom on a bed of potassium chlorate, which is simply an oxidizing agent.
Heh heh. Finally, something that’s almost safe to do with potassium chlorate. I have some pyrotechnics in my background, and to quote George Plimpton, hearing the word “chlorate” without “per” in front of it is like hearing the word “cobra” without “dead” before it.
Yeah, many compositions that use chlorates for oxidizers are shock and friction sensitive, and haven’t been used much since the last century. They give the most intense colors for stars and have some use still, but the whole firework can’t contain certain chemicals elsewhere, or a cross-reaction could happen. For the record, perchlorates are dangerous for the untrained too, but they’re used in many consumer fireworks, are a little more expensive, and are much safer.
Oh yeah, Gummi Bear death is a good thing—love the video! Now, if we could get some Peep explosions, my day would be complete.
Here’s another one :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txkRCIPSsjM
It’s alive
Oh oh – got this stuff in the lab!
Now where’s that stash of gummie bears…?
Ah, the old gummy bear sacrifice (Our AP chem teacher would do it before big exams lol)
Cool! How can I try this at home?
After watching that second video I´m fairly certain that the sound is actually the demon trapped inside the gummi bear returning to it´s natural form.
That’s exactly how my boy reacts after eating one. It all makes sense now. on the flipside, if you remember the gummy bears cartoon, maybe that’s where they got the idea for the gummy bear juice.
“Reaction is product favored”
NO! REALLY?!?!
We did this our Chemistry class last year, rocked my socks.
*in our Chemistry class