Turboturds
Sugar, acid, and... stand back.
Team Titch
Duration: 1:22
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Carbon EruptionHere’s what the film-makers have to say about repeating this experiment:
“This experiment is as easy as it looks but should definitely not be tried without an appropriate risk assessment.
“The SO2 fumes require the use of a fume hood and the beaker can get very hot. Obviously there’s the concentrated acid as well!”
But then they go on to sound like they’re really far too interested in the whole idea:
“John Haigh was famously convicted of murder in 1949 after he had dissolved the bodies of his victims in concentrated sulphuric acid. This demo is a fun way of showing the acid’s potent ability to destroy organic matter.”
Er… thanks. We think.
The music was produced by the team using Steinberg Sequel, by the way. They report that it brought their PC to its knees, but as you can hear, it got the job done.
I love this film! It’s short, the experiment is terrific, the close-up shots of the ‘turd’ are gruesome, and the bass works well. Best of all, though, is the completely deadpan delivery by the presenter. Funny!
With an experiment like this you always want to see more of it, from different angles: using that time to run an explanation is absolutely the right thing to do. Either in narration or, as here, as a caption that crawls across the screen, whichever works for you.
Simple, effective, well-executed — great stuff.
— Jonathan.
I am Going To Show This to My Science Teacher To See If He Will Let Us Do This!
It Looks Like FUN!!! =]
Georgina, 01 Jun 2008
How many mol???? Oh ya, I never head about this experient but it's really interesting...
Lim, 07 May 2008
That's hilarious - I want to make one now!!!
Nikki, 28 Mar 2008
Not much explanation, quite a gross result!
For true carbon spitrit see Carbon-12
Jean Luc Patain, 14 Mar 2008
It was Brilliant and Groovy
It was BRILL!!
Sam Lever, 11 Feb 2008
it was quite interesting to watch but sorry to say i found all reference to science terribly done, unfortunately this is probably the sci cast i liked least, visually spectacular though
kevan patel, 07 Feb 2008
Wow, that looks wicked. A steaming black pile of conc. sulph. infused sugar spilling out of it's container, boiling hot...
Death Volcano seems like it might be a more appropriate name!
Vinay Gupta, 07 Feb 2008