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Asked by anon-373738 on 20 Nov 2023. This question was also asked by anon-375860, anon-374972.
Question: what is your favourite chemical reaction
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Andrew Lyon answered on 20 Nov 2023:
The elephant toothpaste reaction is pretty cool – and very messy!
I also like the Esterification reaction because it produces chemicals called esters which smell fruity
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Ian McKinley answered on 21 Nov 2023:
I find the reactions of iron (or iron-containing rocks) with water really interesting. These should be quite simple but, the more we look at them in the real environment, the more complicated they are found to be. It is quite possible that these reactions provided the energy for the first life that existed on earth
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Jonathan Allen answered on 21 Nov 2023:
I like pouring soda and vinegar down the drains to unblock them and watching the bubbly fizz they make together!
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Octavia Brayley answered on 21 Nov 2023: last edited 21 Nov 2023 10:29 am
Reacting thermite with ice is pretty cool and produces a relatively explosive result!
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Amy Stockwell answered on 21 Nov 2023:
I rather like sugar + water –> carbon dioxide + water + energy.
Or in chemical terminology C6H12O6 + 6H2O –> 6CO2 + 6H2OThis is the equation for how our cells get energy from sugar. Without it we wouldn’t be alive.
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Ollie Thomas answered on 21 Nov 2023:
I really like the belousov-zhabotinsky reaction which makes a solution alternate in colour and can create really cool patterns (it’s worth looking up). When I was in school I visited a PhD student researching this kind of reaction and it really inspired me.
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