The molecular materials of our daily lives are so predictable that we often forget how some truly strange stuff can happen with basic elements. Even within our own bodies, chemical reactions occur that seem like magic. Here are 20 of the most mesmerizing and fascinating GIFs of the bizarre workings of the chemical world.
Prince Rupert’s Drop suffers a fracture
Source: This Is Colossal
White tin crumbling into grey tin after cooling to less than 13 degrees Celsius
Source: Pikd It
Elephant’s toothpaste
Source: Cheezburger
Mercury reacting with aluminum
Source: Opposite Lock
Burning ammonium dichromate
Source: College Humor
Hyrophobic sand
Source: PBH2
Catalytic decomposition of hydrogen peroxide
Source: The Melbourner
Electrical treeing
Source: PBH2
Burning lithium
Source: Loupak
Burning mercury II thiocyanate
Source: PBH2
Blood meets hydrogen peroxide
Source: Iitmne
Sodium acetate crystallization
Source: Imgur
Belousov–Zhabotinsky reaction
Source: GIF Trunk
Water bridge formed by electric current
Source: Imgur
Alpha particle trails from radioactive decay of Radon 220
Source: Imgur
Snake venom meets blood
Source: College Humor
A lightbulb burning out
Source: Wiffle GIF
Aluminum and iodine
Source: Imgur
Dehydration of sugar in sulfuric acid
Source: College Humor
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