r/BeAmazed • u/_Shinplays • Jan 19 '25

Science Element Cubes

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u/xeesoxeeeee Jan 19 '25

Uranium cube💀

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u/Cockur Jan 19 '25

Even Sodium, Potassium needs to be kept in oil to prevent it from exploding from oxidation

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u/steppedinhairball Jan 19 '25

Back in high school in the 80's, chem teacher liked putting Sodium in water. He used a fish tank for safety. Old me looks back and sees a glass grenade. Thankfully, he used tiny slivers.

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u/Doc-tor-Strange-love Jan 20 '25

He must have had a beef with a coach 😅

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u/GoodThingsTony Jan 20 '25

Maybe someone "needed" to be eligible for football but had a 37% in the class. I've seen teachers get spicy over the issue, especially when admin fixes the "problem" behind their back.

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u/geo_gan Jan 20 '25

I’d imagine a 1lb block of sodium isn’t cheap either?

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u/El_Mnopo Jan 20 '25

Teachers like this make learning engaging. Kids will talk about it for years. My HS physics teacher had a whimhurst (static electricity generator) machine and demonstrated how voltage and amperage are related and that high voltage didn't necessarily mean lethal. He did this by connecting the whole classroom in a hand-to-hand daisy chain and ran 100,000 votes through us. It was a thing to remember.