On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 5:02 PM, Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks at gmail.com> wrote:
Better not tell them about the 28,000 mg Sodium
Chloride spill in the
cafeteria. If water gets on that, it could dissociate into *Sodium*
and *Chlorine*!
I use this example to explain to my less technically minded friends about
"chemicals." A common household item contains a highly toxic gas and a
substance that explodes with it comes into contact with water! Film at 11!