These chemical reaction GIFs will remind you of how some truly strange stuff can happen with even the most basic of elements.
Some truly strange stuff can happen with basic elements. Even within our own bodies, chemical reactions occur that seem like magic. Enjoy 20 of the most mesmerizing and fascinating GIFs of the bizarre workings of the chemical world:
Prince Rupert’s Drop suffers a fracture
White tin crumbling into grey tin after cooling to less than 13 degrees Celsius
Source: Pikd It
Elephant’s toothpaste
Chemical Reaction GIFs: Mercury reacting with aluminum
Source: Opposite Lock
Burning ammonium dichromate
Hyrophobic sand
Source: PBH2
Catalytic decomposition of hydrogen peroxide
Source: The Melbourner
Electrical treeing
Source: PBH2
Burning lithium
Source: Loupak
Burning mercury II thiocyanate
Source: PBH2
Blood meets hydrogen peroxide
Source: Iitmne
Sodium acetate crystallization
Source: Imgur
Belousov–Zhabotinsky reaction
Water bridge formed by electric current
Alpha particle trails from radioactive decay of Radon 220
Source: Imgur
Snake venom meets blood
A lightbulb burning out
Source: Wiffle GIF
Aluminum and iodine
Source: Imgur
Dehydration of sugar in sulfuric acid
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