madlori: heidi8: a-cumberbatch-of-cookies: chineserockstarsonholiday: skinks: 032910912: jonnovstheinternet: The dehydration of sugar in sulfuric acid, science motherfuckers. Mmmm, a nice steaming cup of-HOLY FUCK.  TEA’S DONE awesome This is the best representation of ‘That escalated quickly.’ DEMONS.  Incidentally this film is sped up really fast.  I have done this reaction many times; the carbon tower takes several minutes to grow. Chemically, what’s happening here is that the sulfuric acid is essentially pulling the water out of the sugar, which is a carbohydrate (a compound made of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen), which leaves only pure carbon behind.  What you’re seeing is a tower of pure carbon. 

madlori:

heidi8:

a-cumberbatch-of-cookies:

chineserockstarsonholiday:

skinks:

032910912:

jonnovstheinternet:

The dehydration of sugar in sulfuric acid, science motherfuckers.

Mmmm, a nice steaming cup of-HOLY FUCK. 

TEA’S DONE

awesome

This is the best representation of ‘That escalated quickly.’

DEMONS. 

Incidentally this film is sped up really fast.  I have done this reaction many times; the carbon tower takes several minutes to grow.

Chemically, what’s happening here is that the sulfuric acid is essentially pulling the water out of the sugar, which is a carbohydrate (a compound made of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen), which leaves only pure carbon behind.  What you’re seeing is a tower of pure carbon. 

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