The "Screaming Gummy Bear" chemistry demonstration involves dropping a gummy bear into a test tube of molten potassium chlorate (KClO₃), where the sugar reacts violently with the released oxygen producing bursts of flame and gas.

[androcat@toot.cat]

@wonderofscience Final proof that gummy bears are Evil

[earsmeardius@mastodon.social]

@wonderofscience Once, our chemistry class stank out the English class with sulphur dioxide and we had to go and apologise.

[vpsuuronen@eliitin-some.fi]

@wonderofscience I'm thinking.. gummy bear fueled rockets.

[f4grx@chaos.social]

@renardboy @wonderofscience depends on the pressure build up you allow.

[user47@vmst.io]

@wonderofscience my heart goes out to the poor soul who’s tasked with cleaning your glassware

[ohmu@social.seattle.wa.us]

@starraven @wonderofscience
Former chem lab check out person here.
That's nothing a little time in the base bath won't take care of.

As long as the test tube wasn't destroyed, that is

[vickforcella@mastodon.derg.nz]

@wonderofscience I think there is some redox going on there.