Tuesday, September 25, 2012

The "Pharaoh's Serpent"

Burning mercury thiocyanate (Hg(SCN)2)is known as the "Pharaoh's Serpent" due to the snake-like product generated when it is burned. It's also really poisonous -- I don't know what these kids are doing.

Posted by Galileo Feynman at 7:22 PM
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