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I read the Beryllium oxide page and found this interesting note: Formation of BeO from beryllium and oxygen releases the highest energy per mass of reac
by x0x0 12y ago
I read the Beryllium oxide page and found this interesting note:
Formation of BeO from beryllium and oxygen releases the highest energy per
mass of reactants for any chemical reaction, close to 24 MJ/kg [1]
and this comment would be incomplete w/o sharing the findings of my wikipedia browsing which lead to making plasma in microwaves with grapes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwTjsRt0Fzo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwTjsRt0Fzo
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beryllium_oxide#Safety http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beryllium_oxide#Safety
- lfowles 12y agoAll roads lead to Rome. I assume this article was posted because it was mentioned in XKCD[0] , which also ends on the grape plasma tangent. [0]: https://what-if.xkcd.com/131/ https://what-if.xkcd.com/131/