Comments on: Chemistry Lab List

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 22:08:15 +0000

Lithium- No! Just no!
NaOH crystals are not good things to touch, my grade 11 chem teacher no longer has any fingerprints by-the-by
Even if you can create a vacume the schools equipment will not stand up to it, so don’t
If you make contact explosives clean the meter stick you used to set them off so that the 6months pregnant biology teacher who likes to use the meter stick as a pointer will not nearly have a heart attack, ps she WILL come after you and it is not pretty!

By: industrial equipment

industrial equipment — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 11:20:41 +0000

Thanks for sharing.. :D

By: Housellama

Housellama — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 04:24:49 +0000

It will go through an engine block.

….Trust me on this.

By: Morgrim

Morgrim — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 07:47:25 +0000

I suppose I should be slightly alarmed I’ve done or been caught attempting to do 13 of the things on that initial list. >.>

I was the lab tech of a high school with quite a good science program, so I had the run of the entire storeroom and a surprising amount of free time. My boss had an equal enjoyment in most of the activities that happened. So far my worst injury is only a 2nd degree burn on my hand, I generally know the things that are too dangerous to be mucking about with.

A few of my own.

1) If you manage to set fire to a 3m high ceiling, most people don’t actually -want- to know what happened.

2) Thermite may be perfectly safe to make, but the iron oxide will stain your skin a distinct red colour. If you are removing blades from the scalpels the biology class has been using and your hands and wrists are still this colour, when your boss walks in he will jump to the conclusion you have accidentally slit your wrist.

3) Doing an imitation of his reaction in the staff room at lunchtime will result in you having to do something unpleasant, like cleaning up the biology classroom where the scalpels were being used.

4) Walking into the front office wearing a white lab coat, safety glasses, and carrying a large jar covered in warning labels when the entire board of governors is also in the front office leads to some uneasy looks.

5) If the substance is radioactive and you’re also carrying a ticking geiger counter, the reactions are so much better.

6) (Ok, so this was with the physics class, but still playing with liquid N2). In future, the police would like to be informed if you are planning on doing the ‘dambuster’ experiment at Open Day.

7) Setting off balloons filled with hydrogen and improvised fuses, especially in the evening, will increase the number of reported UFO sightings significantly.

By: macdjord

macdjord — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:10:59 +0000

Still, the guy did the Right Thing in a dangerous situation that was in no way his fault. Whatever else happened in that class, /that/ incident should have earned him nothing but positive acclaim.

Captcha: “tight she” – this thing has a dirty mind.