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Nitrogen triiodide, also called nitrogen iodide, is the chemical compound with the formula NI3.

It is a sensitive contact explosive: small quantities explode with a gunpowder-like snap when...

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Sodium does not react easily with oxygen at a room temperature so it has to be heated up a little for the reaction to start.

Since air is mostly oxygen once the reaction starts it gets pretty...

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Since sodium reacts slower than other alkali metals, the reaction is so intense. It just burns for a while.

This video was done by University of Oxford.

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Sodium is a chemical element which has the symbol Na (Latin: natrium), atomic number 11, atomic mass 22.9898 g/mol, oxidation number +1.

Sodium is a soft, silvery white, highly reactive element...

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Watch how a "marshmallow" is made using just a few chemical elements.

First we take hydrogen preoxide, then we add liquid soup, we mix it together and finally add a little of potassium iodide and...

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