20 September 2010

Gummi Bear


This one is reacting with potassium chlorate, but approximately the same thing happens with your teeth...

6 comments:

  1. Please, pass the Gummi Bears...

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  2. I assume you mean potassium chlorate. What exactly is the chemical reaction? Formula? Anyone?

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  3. Barbwire, it's explained at Wikipedia -

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potassium_chlorate

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  4. gummy bears are mostly sugar and gum. So various combinations of C H and O (C12H22O11 for sugar). The C becomes CO2. The O and H become H2O and the potassium chlorate becomes a mixture of potassium chloride and chlorite.

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  5. How come I don't have 'splosions in my mouth when I'm eating them, then? Am I doing something wrong?

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  6. "This one is reacting with potassium chlorate, but approximately the same thing happens with your teeth... "

    If your teeth are made of gunpowder.

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