Reaction between elemental aluminium and mercury gives off a very eye catching reaction that you can never get used to it. It’s called the amalgamation.



    by Francucinno

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    1. Btw sulphuric acid was poured initially to remove the aluminium oxide layer to expose the aluminium metal.

    2. Which is why mercury is very rarely carried by air and even then in incredibly controlled situations

    3. dallasandcowboys on

      Have I lost my mind (probably), or do I remember Amalgamated being used as a fictional company name in some cartoons back in the early 80’s or so? Is there another type of media that I have this confused with?

    4. Do you think the first person who discovered this reaction thought they opened a portal to Hell?

    5. I am glad I was told to watch until the end, otherwise I might have not… we live in the golden era of text over video

    6. Has it actually finished by the end of the video, or will it eventually spaghettify the whole thing?

    7. voluotuousaardvark on

      There is nothing that makes me skip a video faster than “watch to the end.”

      This was fascinating. But some halfwit wanted to ruin it with “watch til the end” 20 seconds from the fucking end.

    8. MightBeAGoodIdea on

      Could this have been possible in say ancient times and thought to be sorcery or some such? At least as a one off spectacular enough to make folktales out of?

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