Making a Mysterious Foam

2017-09-04

[public] 1.03M views, 26.9K likes, 286 dislikes audio only

Original Plasticraincoat1 video: https://youtu.be/h4pNXAtPJp8

In this video, I will be trying to recreate the popular explosive polymerization video. In this reaction, p-nitroaniline is heated over a flame with some sulfuric acid. Initially, not too much happens, but then suddenly, a large black snake appears. To do this, I will first need to make some p-nitroaniline, from acetanilide that I made in a previous video.

The foam that is formed is resistant to fire.

References:

• Original Plasticraincoat1 video: https://youtu.be/h4pNXAtPJp8

• Making Acetanilide: /youtube/video/eQNLmkj_GBo

• Making Nitric Acid: /youtube/video/KBeo8nww21g

• Making the Sulfuric Acid: /youtube/video/4DUGRWjdNLI

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