So what happenes when you put a bunch of undergraduate chemists in charge of making methylcyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl (MCMT, a gasoline additive)? Only one of the largest explosions to be investigated by the Federal Chemical Safety and Hazard Board. Yes, this lab explosion was so large that it actually managed to throw debris a mile away! Readmore about it here! [Article]
Monday, September 21, 2009
Big Bada-Boom!
So what happenes when you put a bunch of undergraduate chemists in charge of making methylcyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl (MCMT, a gasoline additive)? Only one of the largest explosions to be investigated by the Federal Chemical Safety and Hazard Board. Yes, this lab explosion was so large that it actually managed to throw debris a mile away! Readmore about it here! [Article]
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