• Question: have you ever done an explosive experiment if so what is it?

    Asked by Tess to Camilla, Katie, Mike, Rhys on 24 Jun 2015.
    • Photo: Camilla Weiss

      Camilla Weiss answered on 24 Jun 2015:


      I got kicked out of a class for making a sink explode – that was a home economics class so don’t ask me what went wrong there. We used to do experiments in chemistry which involved explosive reactions, sometimes they weren’t supposed to but everyone loves an explosion, right? I’ve built rockets which are fired using explosive motors. I’ve never actually exploded anything brainiacs-style though.

    • Photo: Katie Sparks

      Katie Sparks answered on 24 Jun 2015:


      I have exploded a custard powder tin with a candle, we tried it on the games field at school, that was awesome.
      We also did it with different types of salts in, so they came up different colours, a bit like fireworks.
      Well cool.

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