First off, we had our Bunson burner. We lit that baby up, and filled several petri dishes with various elements. Then we put in a slab of Zinc to aid the chemical process. After that, we just added some acid and it'd start to sizzle nicely. We'd sorta rock it back and forth under the burner, aggitating it.
The flames would change colors depending on the element (Lithium made this AWESOME bright pink and copper made a pale green that looked like it was from Harry Potter.
That isn't the point though. The teacher told me that we shouldn't come in contact with the acid, but if we did it was no big deal and it would just sting then rinse.
So me, never touching acid, had to give it a try. I poke it. Nothing... I felt no pain, no tingling sensation--nothing. Then, towards the end of the lab, I look at my finger. My flesh has this little hole in it with the skin pulled back and red flesh exposed.
In conclusion, go on, poke acid. It is the only way to be cool
. Just don't forget that you poked it and leave it on for the whole block.That was a hell of a lab though, awesomeness, sheer awesomeness!
The class is called chemistry but I see day care.
