Re: Ammonium Dichromate Volcano
i couldn't get enough of those things when i was a kid! no side effects here, so far ----- Original Message ---- From: Alberto Novo <alt.list@albertonovo.it> To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2008 12:40:35 PM Subject: Re: Ammonium Dichromate Volcano Keith, the original black snake, or Pharaoh's serpent, is mercury thiocyanate. It is a white powder, insoluble in water but slightly soluble in methyl alcohol. This and the Volcano are good exampes of how toxic were some plays for children -and their family! Alberto > Hi Trevor, > > I can't vouch for the video, but my volcano was just like that and it > was only dichromate. > > But thanks for raising an interesting point, and one that merits some > investigative reporting. Check out: > http://chemistry.about.com/od/chemistryhowtoguide/a/blacksnakes.htm > > The snakes lit by the children at my house this 4th were made in China > and contained no list of ingredients. The snake-lighting was done > with adult supervision, but no special care was directed to not > touching the pellets, so I'm a little nervous. Snakes are easy to > light. Dichromate is not. I think I'm going to crush one up and see > if it hardens gum. I'll let you know if I come up with a Snakotype. > > Keith > > On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 5:14 PM, Trevor Cunningham > <tr_cunningham@yahoo.com> wrote: >> Is there a second chemical involved there? Or are those little snake >> pellets they sell at the 4th of july made from AD? That was pretty cool. >> >> "somewhere between zero and one...everything else is exaggeration" - >> Anonymous >> >> ----- Original Message ---- >> From: Keith Gerling <keith.gerling@gmail.com> >> To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca >> Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 2:54:03 AM >> Subject: Ammonium Dichromate Volcano >> >> Bored with gumprinting? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ula2NWi3Q34 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com |