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Asked by sophwebie to Ian, Robert, Claire, Angela, Sarah on 13 Nov 2014. This question was also asked by chels, JHoadleyy, Cook3000, the wheeler dealer.
Question: do yuo ever get scared of experiments
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Ian Cade answered on 13 Nov 2014:
No, not really,
However, sometimes when working with particularly reactive (for example metallic potassium) or poisonous compounds (H2S, or cyanide) I can feel that I’m pay more attention to what I’m doing than usual.
For example when using/producing H2S I’m very careful to make sure everything is done *well inside* my fumhood with the air-flow on maximum. And everything I have worked with (gloves and glassware) stays in the fumehood even after I’m finished with it… and just to be especially careful anything that could be contaminated with H2S gets rinsed in hydrogen peroxide or bleach (which oxidise the H2S making it much less toxic and smelly).
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Angela Stokes answered on 16 Nov 2014:
Hi sophwebie
No not scared….quite excited to get the results sometimes -
Sarah Harris answered on 21 Nov 2014:
Sometimes I feel a bit more cautious about experiments because my hands can get quite shaky if they take a long time, and when you’re working with radioactivity or corrosive materials that’s not a good thing!
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358chea24 commented on :
I don’t get scared about doing experiments because I am excited to see if a reaction takes place or not and see if there is an explosion or a loud ‘pop’!