And even less amusing when the wind pushes the debris from the chunk (which is now many chunks) back towards the shore of the lake . . . thus causing the thrower and his band of followers to flee for safety!
IL Bill (Yes, I have seen, and possess a video like this. No, I am not among the people on shore) On Sep 6, 2006, at 11:42 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: > It depends on how large a block of Na we're talking about. About a > 1/4 > Kilo was quite amusing skittering across the Ice of a pond towards > open > water. Even more amusing, and spectacular, when it hit the water... > > Perry Pellechia wrote: > >> This chemist does not want to be anywhere near this experiment....... >> >> On 9/6/06, Doug Franklin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>> Found buried in a discussion on Slashdot (http://slashdot.org) >>> >>> "Hrmm... a larg enough block of Na [sodium] tossed into a lake would >>> essentially make a large pool of lye. >>> >>> Na + H20 = Lye + stuff >>> Explosion + fish = dead fish >>> dead fish + lye = lutefisk" >>> >>> Sorry, I guess it's the disused wannabe-chemist in me. :-) >>> >>> -- >>> Thanks, >>> DougF (KG4LMZ) >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Things should be made as simple as possible -- but no simpler. > > --Albert Einstein > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
