Amazing Chemical Reactions You Might Not Know Of

1. Gallium melts in room temperature.

2. This is how gallium reacts with aluminium.

3. A spoon made out of gallium and a cup of water

4. Sulfur Hexafluoride is the opposite of helium--It's so heavy it allows solid objects to float.

5. It would also make your voice sound much lower than it actually is.

6. Hydrophobic (Water-Repelling) surfaces repel... water.

7. Like this:

8. ...And like this:

9. This is hydrophobic sand.

10. You've probably seen how nitrogen triiodide works. It's basically explosive dirt.

11. Very effective for resolving drug cartel situations

12. Nitrogen triiodide detonation looks like this.

13. This is sodium acetate (hot ice).

14. Hot ice, scientifically known as sodium acetate, is a liquid that will turn solid at the slightest provocation. Touching it with your finger, bumping it too hard, or speaking a few angry words will cause it to spring from a clear, water-like state into solid ice-like crystals.

15. Nitinol, an alloy of nickel and titanium

16. It has the impressive ability to "remember" its original shape after you've gone and bent the crap out of it.

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