Are evaporated bleach crystals explosive, at all?
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Anhydrous NaOCl is highly explosive.  However, crystals are hydroscopic, and will absorb water from the air to form the pentahydrate, NaOCl•5H2O, which is not explosive.\n\nWithout special equipment, you will not be able to make the anhydrous form.
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As with any thermonuclear explosion, you obtain a huge amount of radiated energy in a very small location in a very small amount of time.  This radiated energy would be absorbed by the surrounding ocean water very quickly.  This would cause a HUGE amount of water around the detonation site to flash-boil and expand rapidly.  This would create a propagating hydrostatic shock wave that would be felt all throughout the Pacific, mostly in the form of tidal waves.  These tidal waves will likely be fairly small, however depending upon the composition of the ocean floor, it may also let loose alot of rock and cause some underwater avalanches (another common source of tidal waves, esp. the bigger ones).\n\nDepending upon the depth of the detonation, very few of the radiated photons may actually reach the surface, and thus almost all of the energy will be consumed by water.  Besides no "blinding flash", this would also mean that the visible "water explosion" made up of mostly vapor would be larger than the equivalent land- or airburst vapor cloud.  If close enough to the surface, the flash-boiled water would quickly rise and break the surface with a large gaseous explosion, and the vapor would climb into the air and spread once it achieves altitude, so yes the "mushroom cloud" will still form.  If it were very deep, though, the gasses would eventually spread and, to some extent, dissipate, resulting in just a lot of surface turbulence and foamed gasses.\n\nDo some research on "Operation Crossroads", which were two U.S. nuclear detonation tests in 1946.  ABLE was an airburst at 158m, and BAKER was 27m underwater (yes, super-shallow, but it gives you a fair starting point).  There have been other underwater nuclear test detonations by various countries, but their speifics escape my memory at the moment.  :p
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yes. it happens all the time since its a remainder of the bleach. \nJust: 1)brush it off or\n        2)wipe it off.
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I dunno about rice but I've heard Alka Seltzer makes them explode.............how sad!!\n\nBTW  I haven't tried it!!
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you mean like farts?! well, from my past expriences and from what people have told me, its a build up of chemicals in your body that get released through one whole or the other.  ya know when you add chlorine to bleach and put it in a closed container, it explodes, becasue of the build up of chemicals inside, the pressure gets to high, it's gotta come out somewhere, right?\n\ndoes that at all sound logical?
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Yes I believe it is true.  The extreme heat generated by the initial detonation was sufficient to vaporise organic matter such as people.  A prompt blast wave accompanying this immense 'fireball' would typically blast down most structures.  However, I did hear rumours that at the point of vaporisation these vapours were absorbed into walls, etc.. This would give the impression of a 'shadow' effect when really its not a shadow.. its vaporised people / organic matter.  \n\nSuch a topic is a little sensative (clearly) so be careful where you ask on this one.  The effective range at which this would happen is in close proximity to ground zero.  Beyond this people would combust due to the heat before being blasted by the shockwave (which can flatten buildings).  Outside this I heard reports of peoples eyes melting out of their sockets which makes sense due to the soft tissue nature of them.\n\nOf cause theres also the radioactive fallout which is pretty nasty in the way of being a big time carcinogen.\n\nAll in all Nuclear bombs aint so pretty.  You might also like to look into the neutron bomb which I think was a varient of the typical fission bomb.  I believe it was designed to maximise casualties and minimise structural damage to buildings but I'm not sure..
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Bleach contains NaCl (table salt), H2O, and NaClO (sodium chlorate).\nIt is the "ClO -" ion in the NaClO that causes things to be bleached and lose its colour.
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bleach, otherwise just mountain dew
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So, heat of fusion ring any bells?
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It depents on the gem, of course.  Most of the ones people think of as gems, such as diamonds, sapphires &c., form as high-temperature, high-pressure phases in deep molten rock.  They don't necessarily take a long time to crystallize either.  These phases aren't stable in cooler melts, though,  so the problem is to quickly get them to the surface from their formation depths.  Some volcanic eruptions do this.  Diamonds have to come all the way from the mantle to near the surface in minutes.\n\nOther gems can form near or at the surface.  Opal, for instance, is formed by precipitation of silica from groundwater.
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Yes I have seen a lighting ball, but never one explode. it is very eerie and absolutely a wonder to see.
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At about 1000 degC the surface of a discrete diamond will form a microscopic layer of carbon. The carbon oxidizes to CO2 more readily than does diamond and thus a very hot diamond in oxygen could indeed appear to "evaporate." However a diamond will not support combustion in the conventional sense any more than solid graphite will because the vapor pressure is too low except at ultra-high temperatures. Obviously, porous carbon in the form of charcoal does support embrous deflagration because\nof the high surface area and insulating properties of the \nfuel/air matrix. The same is undoubtedly true of diamod dust, which is somewhat less reactive than graphite.
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I think the water is the end result of a chemical reaction. Water is not combustible, and never will be. It is a life giving force, unlike fire. I found out that bleach and this other cleaning liquid turn into nerve gas when mixed together. I don't have a good explaination for why this happens. It just does.
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there are a few diff. types of crystals....there's hard rock candy crystals, crystal ball, crystal chandelier...crystal meth...they pretty much speak for themselves.
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You know all the dangers? You sure? Acetone peroxide, known as "Mother of Satan" is extremely heat, friction, and shock sensitive, causing a huge explosion. In other words, heat, friction, and even a sharp motion could cause it to explode. If you have to ask Yahoo Answers how to dispose of acetone peroxide, you really shouldn't be near it. At all.\n\nEDIT: But if you really want to know, it is polar.
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Yes.. they use ones that dissolve. It's no big deal.
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Wintergreen sparking, it's believed, is actually a three-step process.\n\nStep One: When you shatter the sugar crystals with your teeth, electrons (which are negatively charged) break free. As a result, the atoms in which the electrons were formerly embedded become positively charged. In what amounts to a subatomic game of musical chairs, the free electrons dash around madly trying to find a new home.\n\nStep Two: Meanwhile, as the sugar crystals disintegrate, nitrogen molecules from the air attach themselves to the fractured surfaces. When the free electrons strike the nitrogen molecules, they cause the latter to emit invisible ultraviolet radiation, along with a faint visible glow.\n\nStep Three: The UV radiation is absorbed by the wintergreen flavoring, methyl salicylate. This then emits the fairly bright blue light you see. Pretty complicated, I admit.