• Question: have you ever done the jelly baby experiment were the jelly baby screems

    Asked by gummybearboy to Andrew, Ash, Gem, Paige, SJ on 26 Jun 2012.
    • Photo: Gemma Staite

      Gemma Staite answered on 26 Jun 2012:

      No, I have not, but it looks fun. Have you tried it?

    • Photo: SarahJayne Boulton

      SarahJayne Boulton answered on 26 Jun 2012:

      I HAVE I HAVE ITS AWESOME!!

      What you do is (in an incredibly safe and secure environment with a fire extinguisher on hand and good ventilation) heat up potassium chlorate unitl it melts, then boils, then drop in a jelly baby!!

      The potassium chorate causes the sugar in the jelly baby to be oxidised, breaking all the super strong energy containing carbon-carbon bonds very quickly. The light and sound you see is the release of all this chemically stored energy.

      WOWSER! what a grand bit of chemistry!! 8)

      (you can do it with gummi bears too!!)

    • Photo: Ashley Cadby

      Ashley Cadby answered on 26 Jun 2012:

      No I have not but I had a friend who used to crush M&M’s together. He found out which ones were the toughest and sent the data of to the M&M people, they sent him a lot of free M&Ms to say thank you.

    • Photo: Paige Brown

      Paige Brown answered on 26 Jun 2012:

      I haven’t done that, but now I want to!!! What happens?

    • Photo: Andrew Thomas

      Andrew Thomas answered on 27 Jun 2012:

      No I’ve never done it but I’d like to give it a go

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