Florida Teen Charged With Felony After Science Experiment Goes Bad

Re:Florida Teen Charged With Felony After Science Experiment... by Filligree on Wednesday May 01, 2013 @07:01AM (#5637283)

Mixing random household chemicals without knowing what they'll do?

Oh, I have no doubt she was just trying something out, but it's hardly guaranteed to be harmless. Worst case, you might mix something like bleach and ammonia, and kill half the school.

Can't tell without further details, but the fact that she was surprised is scary. I wouldn't expel her, though, just give her a long and serious talking-to.

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Re:Florida Teen Charged With Felony After Science Experiment... by angersock on Wednesday May 01, 2013 @08:02AM (#5637423)

"Worst case, you might mix something like bleach and ammonia, and kill half the school."

Wow, alarmist much? Two seconds of googling suggests that it makes chloramine, which isn't exactly mustard gas ( http://chemistry.about.com/od/toxicchemicals/a/Mixing-Bleach... ).

As for not knowing what the mixture will do--well, there's a really obvious way to find out, right? We're all about TDD here.

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Re:Florida Teen Charged With Felony After Science Experiment... by mistercow on Wednesday May 01, 2013 @10:17AM (#5638030)

>Worst case, you might mix something like bleach and ammonia, and kill half the school.

No way would that kill half the school. Might hospitalize some people in the room, but that's the worst realistic scenario.

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