[apillar]

I remember when I was in high school some kid saw the chemistry teacher give a demonstration how potassium would react/ignite/spark if a small sliver was dropped in water. Well the "genius" snuck in during lunch and took several pounds of potassium out of the chem lab intending to flush it down the toilet. What he failed to realize is that the potassium would explode as soon as it hit the water and he wouldn't have time to flush it. He managed to blow the toilet up and was taken to the hospital with minor injuries from the "shrapnel".

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

I remember when I was in high school some kid saw the chemistry teacher give a demonstration how potassium would react/ignite/spark if a small sliver was dropped in water. Well the "genius" snuck in during lunch and took several pounds of potassium out of the chem lab intending to flush it down the toilet. What he failed to realize is that the potassium would explode as soon as it hit the water and he wouldn't have time to flush it. He managed to blow the toilet up and was taken to the hospital with minor injuries from the "shrapnel".

That's a Darwin Awards candidate story if I ever saw one! Submit it!

[jude24]

There's a way to pull the sodium/potassium in water stunt... you douse it in oil. It takes a few seconds to get the oil off so that the water can react with the sodium.

Try it sometime....