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In my freshman Chemistry lab, this, uh, underperforming student decided to put a beaker of some extremely volatile solvent (carbon tet, acetone, toluene?) on a
by gtani 13y ago
In my freshman Chemistry lab, this, uh, underperforming student decided to put a beaker of some extremely volatile solvent (carbon tet, acetone, toluene?) on a lit bunsen burner, shooting flames about 12 feet high, damaging the facility pretty badly, and putting a stop to his medical school aspirations.
That was one of the first events in my life where I realized i needed to suspend morbid fascination, and develop a fear of getting killed.
- chewxy 13y agoDuring my A levels, I had a friend who somehow managed to set the entire fume cabinet on fire, and in panic, he accidentally unlodged the tap controlling the bunsen burner, causing fire to come out of the tap as well. He's now a lawyer.