It depends on how large a block of Na we're talking about. About a 1/4 Kilo was quite amusing skittering across the Ice of a pond towards open water. Even more amusing, and spectacular, when it hit the water...
Perry Pellechia wrote: >This chemist does not want to be anywhere near this experiment....... > >On 9/6/06, Doug Franklin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Found buried in a discussion on Slashdot (http://slashdot.org) >> >>"Hrmm... a larg enough block of Na [sodium] tossed into a lake would >>essentially make a large pool of lye. >> >>Na + H20 = Lye + stuff >>Explosion + fish = dead fish >>dead fish + lye = lutefisk" >> >>Sorry, I guess it's the disused wannabe-chemist in me. :-) >> >>-- >>Thanks, >>DougF (KG4LMZ) >> >>-- >>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>[email protected] >>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> >> > > > > -- Things should be made as simple as possible -- but no simpler. --Albert Einstein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
