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We wanted to see what would happen if you left the power on in the ‘wash’ stage of copper electrolysis (post copper sulphate you dip it in ethanol). Much to our disappointment, nothing happened so we scooped a bit up on the cathode and sparked it with the anode, at which point it burst into flames. My friend panicked, knocking the beaker of ethanol all over the workbench and then the firey cathode straight into it. This obviously then all caught fire, sending flames 2-3m up towards the ceiling. Sadly before camera phones because it looked amazing!
Weirdly the only person who got told off was the boy who rushed to get a fire extinguisher and put the fire out.
Dramatic_Hammer
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Jesus, this has actually shaken me up a bit. Someone post another fun story about using a Bunsen burner as a crack pipe or something.