Chemistry sets suck nowadays.
Some years ago I wanted to buy one for my nieces and nephews. The only one I could find had on it, in bold letters, "No glass! No flames! No hazardous chemicals!"
Yeah...no fun, either.
Some years ago I wanted to buy one for my nieces and nephews. The only one I could find had on it, in bold letters, "No glass! No flames! No hazardous chemicals!"
Yeah...no fun, either.
Grandad's had all the ingredients, and told you how to make, a couple explosive compounds.
Dad's had the ingredients, but not instructions.
The most dangerous thing I could do with mine was probably eat the copper salts.
Boom, and "die aarde maak rooibek oop", like that old Afrikaans poem said...
Translation: The earth opens its red mouth (due to the red coloured soil)
I probably wouldn't have become a Nobel prize winning chemist with my n00b/safe set but it might have set something off.