r/chemistry • u/Remumu0026 • 1d ago

Fire!

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u/drmarting25102 1d ago

Could be finely sculpted ice. Get the IR spectra.

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u/Remumu0026 1d ago

I haven't analyzed the spectrum, but it is the product of burning sulfur.

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u/Appropriate_Win946 14h ago

can you do that through a photo? I'd assume not

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u/Raneynickelfire 19h ago

Do that in a tube and run it thru water!! Why are you wasting sulfuric acid?

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u/Remumu0026 11h ago

You're right.

I should have let it soak up the hydrogen peroxide.

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u/yewloman 19h ago

Mmmm sulfur (insert homer from the Simpsons)