PopSci editor Theodore Gray decided to make salt the hard way using sodium and chlorine. Basically, “when these chemicals meet, they react in a fierce ball of spitting fire and clouds of white smoke.” Video after the jump.
As a way of salting popcorn, though, this kind of salt synthesis is pretty out there. The salt is very fresh, but the hazards of blowing pure chlorine into a bowl of liquid sodium are very real. Seconds after this picture was taken, the net melted, dropping popcorn into the bowl and sending a shower of flaming liquid sodium balls in all directions
PopSci editor Theodore Gray decided to make salt the hard way using sodium and chlorine. Basically, “when these chemicals meet, they react in a fierce ball of spitting fire and clouds of white smoke.” Video after the jump.
As a way of salting popcorn, though, this kind of salt synthesis is pretty out there. The salt is very fresh, but the hazards of blowing pure chlorine into a bowl of liquid sodium are very real. Seconds after this picture was taken, the net melted, dropping popcorn into the bowl and sending a shower of flaming liquid sodium balls in all directions
