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rumble_salt t1_ivnj7li wrote

Reply to comment by Relevant_Tax_3737 in TIFU: By assuming basic chemistry was common sense. by Relevant_Tax_3737

Look, as a kid who definitely mixed a lot of chemicals he shouldn’t have… you have to mix a lot of ammonia and bleach to do anything.

Just don’t let him start playing with aluminum and iron iii oxide powder inside… because that makes a mess!

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dominus_aranearum t1_ivno812 wrote

>aluminum and iron iii oxide powder

At least this requires an ignition source. Mixing the two without igniting it is harmless.

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rumble_salt t1_ivnrix1 wrote

What 15 year old doesn’t do this with an ignition source in his hand?

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dominus_aranearum t1_ivntzm6 wrote

That was more or less my point. The entire act of making thermite is intentional. People who mix bleach with another chemical in an attempt to clean something at home are doing it out of ignorance. There's a major difference.

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DuffyTDoggie t1_ivnqg78 wrote

Just don't let him mix conc nitric acid with glycerine. Seriously unsafe.

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DuffyTDoggie t1_ivnqmz4 wrote

Don't let him rinse the dishes with phosphoric acid

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DuffyTDoggie t1_ivnqqgs wrote

Don't let him sprinkle a salad wit low- level nuclear waste.

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grizwa t1_ivnokzn wrote

how about a bit of bleach and isopropyl alcohol which i believe results in chloroform

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