Really Foamy Reaction (Elephant Toothpaste, Old Foamy)

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Elephant toothpaste is the name given to the catalyzed decomposition reaction of 30% hydrogen peroxide that uses soap to collect the oxgen gas that is produced. It is a favorite of most students at chemistry shows. Watch the video and see why.Music: Kevin MacLeod

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Really Foamy Reaction (Elephant Toothpaste, Old Foamy)

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One more note to dummies.
The proper word is inflammable frome the root word inflame. Also O2 is not inflammable, it is what does the "flamming". O2 supports the fire, if you have an atmosphere rich in oxygen rreaction will happen much faster. The atmosphere is approximately 20% O2, so in an atmosphere of 100% O2 reactions would be about 5 times as fast. Lesson is don't smoke under an oxygen tent.
By subduc z 1196121603 Reply Spam [+2] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~3246210~~
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very nice
reminds me of high school science class
By hahadrum72684 1194219428 Reply Spam [+2] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~6039516~~
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Where2?
Where can I get Potassium Iodide...
By Wasser. 1194153970 Reply Spam [+2] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~6985508~~
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Thanks!
I saw this experminet and youtube and for the life of me couldnt find out how to do it! 5*s and added to my favourites
By GreenWaveFlix 1194100341 Reply Spam [+2] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~5779917~~
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cool!!!
how hot does the chem reaction make and if the bubbles are from O2 then could you set it on fire?
By shex456 1194106096 Reply Spam [+1] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~6587966~~
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- Pathetic
  You all arguing about chemistry without the knowledge of even high school level chemistry. Burning is rapid oxidation, the reaction of something with Oxygen. Combustion is rapid oxidation dealing specifically with hydrocarbons reacting with Oxygen forming CO2, H20 and releasing energy. O2 does not burn for the same reason that adding water to water does not make it more wet. If the foam consisted of a flammable substance, such as an Alcohol, the huge amount of surface area in contact with the pure Oxygen would burn very, very quickly.
  By bugmenot2 1199137026 Reply Spam [+2] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~7578650~~
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- no you are pathetic
  first of all it took Honors International Baccalaureate Chemistry my freshman year in high school. So shouldn't i be obligated to something like this.
  
  anyways my teacher always had somekind of way with every single chemical he had and devised ways to kill you with them.
  By stewiesimpson 1204389795 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~7106847~~
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- O2 Not Flammable
  O2 (Oxygen) is not flammable; if it was, then the earth's entire atmosphere would ignite when you lite a match. O2 is required for other things to burn ( a candle wouldn't burn without O2) however, O2 itself will not burn.
  By thecrisp 1194094228 Reply Spam [+2] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~2529207~~
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- o2 is not flammable
  in some instances such as pure o2 it will burn with a chemical reaction like this it o2 is not burning it is actually being realeased by the reaction. just how H gas is released when you put calcium in water
  By stewiesimpson 1198650914 Reply Spam [+1] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~7106847~~
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- discussion
  i love this discussion!
  By Copernicia 1204323977 Reply Spam [+3] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~8119343~~
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- As a matter of fact...
  Oxygen happens to be very flammable; it is one of the cleanest burning elements. It usual burns with a transparent flame. The reason the atmosphere doesn't instantaneously ignite every time there is a match lit, is because oxygen in the atmosphere is diluted by all the other gasses in the air (i.e. nitrogen, carbon dioxide, argon, etc.)
  By Llamarama 1204665983 Reply Spam [-1] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~8173730~~
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- accually...
  oxygen is only twenty percent of the earths atmosphere the rest is nitrogen .............. for any mixture to combust the flamable substance, in relation to the whole mixture, must be atleast 70% greater than the other substance ....... for a two substance mix
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- IT ACTUALLY IS
  O2 is actually flammable. The air we breah isnt pure O2. So that is why it doesnt blow up when we light a match
  By ansmitty 1194144898 Reply Spam [-2] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~6984966~~
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- Not true
  Pure Oxygen (O2) cannot be ignited; it only makes other things burn faster. Burning occurs when a substance combines with O2. A flammable substance will burn much quicker and hotter if it is exposed to pure O2 rather than air (which is 20% O2).
  
  Have you ever used an Oxy/Acetelene welder? It has two tanks, 1 O2
  By thecrisp 1194186008 Reply Spam [+4] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~2529207~~
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- Oxygen
  In other words, oxygen SUPPORTS combustion, but isn't flammable itself.
  By keyofreason 1203896064 Reply Spam [+3] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~7119893~~
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- i think
  Its so airy i think the bubbles would just die away at the presence of heat instead of ignighting.
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great
great
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foam
what is the consistancy of that foam when dried? Or is it like ruber, or does it just shrink,If u dont mind how about trying to find out how to make a mix for a styrofoam type of foam. i read somewhere that it can be made from corn starch but i dont remember what all was mixed with it,or how it was done. thanks
By docscot 1226431824 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~10255789~~
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Cool
I'm going to do this in the swimming pool!
By Jerrykim2 1224386252 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~3962611~~
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Cool video
5 stars!
By ale123 1220454752 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~9086115~~
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??
Now that you have a great amount of this " toothpaste"... how can you get rid of this? it would be very useful to know
By Echenique 1212190191 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~8599134~~
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i can not belive you are all so stupid
why dont we just do the reaction and then try and set it alight
By coolboy3000 1203541252 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~6500816~~
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haha great, 5 stars
Fun reaction!!
By hanzablast 1200339448 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~7611751~~
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Ahhhh !
It was a foam reaction :D From the thumbnail image, i came here expection something else :P
By videodump.in 1200128887 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~7685529~~
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Very Nice
You're videos are great. Check out my channel and see my new chemical reaction video.

Cheers everybody
By Menkel77 1200001581 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~7100208~~
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Not bad
but dont forget to check out my chanel :D
By chemistryproduction 1199997467 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~7532771~~
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cooool
amazing!! *****
By uae_999 1199825721 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~2810615~~
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SEEEN!
Oh god why cant you make your own videos! this has already been seen... It doesnt deserve a producer reward, if you just copyed it from sumone else. The only difference is the colour >.<
By Maucer 1199821867 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~5680426~~
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nice
explosions are better. play with gunpowder.
By Leeder 1199496642 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~7572433~~
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This
Was so cool actually :) try it with more toothpaste and more of that liquid you add and you can make like a bubble bath :D :D
By jefinjsh 1199349001 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~6745827~~
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i did this once
yep
By dillhole643 1198021411 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~7375680~~
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Nice
I bet thats a b*gger to clean up :D, can you give me the exact measurements?
By HarryG321 1197123666 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~6488127~~
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Sorry about the annoyance
Sorry this has nothing to do with this actual video, but which video is the one of you setting your hand on fire? and did it hurt?
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This video is AWESOME!!! Now I know how to make my own toothpaste for my pet elephant....which is a good thing too, cuz the price of Aquafresh just went up!

Do you have any videos on how to make "elephant deodorant".....he smells REALLY bad
By Keir333 1196496429 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~6504768~~
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old foamy
our teacher did this as a halloween special and called it old foamy everyone loved it!
By morsun 1196392073 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~7212550~~
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coolness
"im in an exited state!" haha
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MMMMM
TASTY!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!
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I didn't know it
during my highschool days Chemistry was a boring subject for me. if i had watched this video by tht time, i wud hv enjoyed studying chemistry.

gud work
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nice science experience
very cool video, 5 from me
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i hate doing this
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