Blasting the middle from a coin - Periodic Table of Videos
A phosphorus explosion blows the centre from a £1 coin. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ The £5 bank note in acid: https://youtu.be/wMwThGTYT2o More slow motion experiments:...
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There is a long tradition in Nottingham of letting off small amounts of explosives as a lecture demonstration[Demonstrator] ... and Potassium Chlorate is an endothermic compound[Demonstrator] So we should have an evolution of energyWith explosives sitting on a plate of aluminium,and under the aluminium is a coin,and when the explosive goes off,the pressure of the explosion pressing down on the coin makes an impression.[explosion sound]Like almost ... like a mould of the shape of the coin.And this has been done for more than 50 years in Nottingham using all sorts of different coins.[explosion sound]So with a new British pound coin which has 12 sidesit seemed a real opportunity to try it with a new pound coin.But there's a catch.You can see it's made of...
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There is a long tradition in Nottingham of letting off small amounts of explosives as a lecture demonstration[Demonstrator] ... and Potassium Chlorate is an endothermic compound[Demonstrator] So we should have an evolution of energyWith explosives sitting on a plate of aluminium,and under the aluminium is a coin,and when the explosive goes off,the pressure of the explosion pressing down on the coin makes an impression.[explosion sound]Like almost ... like a mould of the shape of the coin.And this has been done for more than 50 years in Nottingham using all sorts of different coins.[explosion sound]So with a new British pound coin which has 12 sidesit seemed a real opportunity to try it with a new pound coin.But there's a catch.You can see it's made of...
