In message om, Dave
Liquorice writes
On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 00:24:10 +0100, Andy Hall wrote:

They're all pussies these days. I don't think that they even show
the effect of a piece of sodium or potassium dropped into a dish of
water any longer.

Thats a good one, start with Calcium and work up. Boring to hey! Our
Chemistry teach got the amount of Potassium just a little to large and
it fizzed violently for a few seconds then exploded cracking the large
glass dish that held the water.

Phosphorus, now I remember that was interesting


I wonder how they teach distillation these days? We where told to
bring in alcoholic beverages

I remember making wine in Biology (many years ago)

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geoff