The Volcano Reaction You Didn't Do In School

I do a volcano experiment that produces heat and ash just like a real volcano

[Commenter]

I swear, a kid could invent a time machine and still be beat by a baking soda volcano at a science fair.

[anonymousc]

This guy is literally making our childhood dream experiments a reality

[minhthai]

“So you don’t want to eat this stuff-“

Chaotic 9-year olds: *how about no?*

[theninjapheonix]

this guy deserves an award for being so awesome

[penguinpenguin-zmmr]

Wow! I'm surprised that so many people didn't do that in school. We usually do it, and also perform catalytic combustion of ammonia with chromium oxide that formed during volcano. It looks very nice, when hot particles of chromium oxide fall in flask filled with ammonia, and glow, due to ammonia combustion of particale surface.

[gregkral]

I remember in grade two that a high school teacher showed us this reaction, stuck with me my whole life as one of the most beautiful things I ever saw.

[hencodelange]

My teacher did this in 2019 and told us that she wasn't supposed to have access to that as a teacher lol

She actually used a magnesium lint as a fuse

[JL-jzny]

dude i LOVE your channel i hate it when people make fun of you

[AndyDeMontana]

We did this making zinc sulfide when I was a kid. A big pile of zinc dust and sulfur will make a nice volcano for you too. Bright as all get out, lotsa smoke (gotta have smoke with a volcano!), and heat. Plus the remnants are pretty benign. And it glows in the dark.

[barackobama]

Fun story, back in middle school, instead of doing the basic baking soda and vinegar volcano i used alcohol and used pressure from a ballon. nearly burned down the project of my classmate after that.

[ShortHax]

Can’t wait for Indonesian volcanoes to copy this, RIP us

[RobertTempleton]

"The cool thing about amonium dichromate is that it's pretty unstable."

Not sure if that's a 'cool' thing. ;)

[michaelandersen]

I did the ammonium dichromate volcano as a kid in South Africa. My (readily available) chemistry set had things that would get me on a list in the US.

[PhilipKloppers]

I remember doing mine many, many years ago, and using potassium permanganate with a few drops of glycerine. Gave a really nice flame reaction with some glowing "lava" at the end :D

[andreii]

i was fully expecting "let's see what happens to ammonium dichromate volcano in a vacuum chamber"

[kevinkanja]

it's a free world and everyone is entitled to his/her own opinion. but why would someone hate on this video seriously😂😂

[EthanAllred]

*Thank you for blessing YouTube with un-obnoxious videos.*

[horsevalley]

It’s like a real volcano! Your also my favorite science YouTuber!

[andregon]

"The volcano reaction you didn't do in school"
Literally shows the *only* volcano reaction I saw in school.

[melony]

For me the ammonium dichromate volcano was demonstrated at school a few times, earlier in high school science class and then later in senior school chemistry class. There were no fume hoods or serious safety measures taken. However, this was back in the early to mid eighties before the dangers of hexavalent chromium were fully appreciated. I remember using both the chromate and dichromate potassium salts in chemistry lab experiments as well, which certainly would not be allowed today.