How to Murder a Roll of Toilet Paper with Acid
In the carbon snake experiment, concentrated sulfuric acid is usually added to sugar, where solid carbon forms as the result of a dehydration reaction.
In this version, the concentrated sulfuric acid is added to toilet paper. The cellulose in the toilet paper undergoes the dehydration reaction, producing solid carbon, carbon dioxide, water vapour, and sulfur dioxide gas.
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This is how chemistry should be taught
@rmahaffy
2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely!
Recently found your channel via KZread shorts and really became a fan but dissapointed at the same time that why our schools don't have such practicals to show us that chemistry has alot more than just mugging up the reactions
@rmahaffy
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Tashi! You're right that chemistry is best experienced hands-on, but hopefully these videos are better than nothing!
@vee-ql6yr
2 жыл бұрын
Same here too🥺
Keep uploading
@rmahaffy
2 жыл бұрын
Roger that!
With that toilet paper, the concentrated sulphuric acid just hits differently 💯
@rmahaffy
2 жыл бұрын
This is one of my top 5 things to do with toilet paper...!
@gruHabibi
2 жыл бұрын
@@rmahaffy what is top 1😂
@rmahaffy
2 жыл бұрын
@@gruHabibi Pranks of course! kzread.info/dash/bejne/Yn6Ws7hwdMLXgNY.html
Wawh this amazing
Sir , I think is for sure that concentrated sulphuric acid to be a good oxidizing and dehydrating agent ?🤔 Could even the plastic and glass containers melt down with 99% pure sulphuric acid ? Why don't dilute sulphuric acid produce that carbon snake? It only turned it yellow which when touched after sometime turned in flakes.
@rmahaffy
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, the sulfuric acid is a very good oxidizer, which will include oxidizing plastics (some types more than others). The concentration must be very high in order to react this impressively. As you see, the reaction takes a few seconds to really begin - at which point the heat generated by this very exothermic reaction drives the reaction rate up and produces the exciting and dramatic carbon snake.
What is the white thing on which sulfuric acid is poured?
@rmahaffy
2 жыл бұрын
A roll of toilet paper!
@laxmipriya1983
2 жыл бұрын
Ooo ye
@laxmipriya1983
2 жыл бұрын
@@rmahaffy can you make a video on ph scale?
@rmahaffy
2 жыл бұрын
@@laxmipriya1983 I'm not sure what level you're looking for, but I do have a series of videos about acids and bases here: kzread.info/head/PL2uidYE37BQ-rbuOkhyw901_VJQiGLD2E
That dolly though.
@rmahaffy
2 жыл бұрын
I didn't have anything to plug in, so I needed to find another way to make it exciting...
Oreo cake
woow im sri lankan
@rmahaffy
2 жыл бұрын
Welcome!