Exotic chemistry by iceberg5

Fractal • Science Fiction • posted on Feb 05, 2004

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Description

This fractal reminds me of the violent reaction between liquid elemental bromine and ammonia solution which I witnessed as a boy . I was thrilled in those days to make some pure bromine by displacement with chlorine in an aqueous solution of potassium bromide . The bromine was then obtained by distillation . I put about 1ml of bromine on one side of a plate with a similar quantity of ammonia solution on the other side - I then tipped the plate upwards and allowed the two substances to mix. The resulting chemical reaction was extremely violent and huge clouds of white ammonium bromide erupted into the air above from the sizzling mixture below ! This fractal certainly reminds me of that experience ; although the chemicals involved here appear to be VERY exotic !!

Comments (12)

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paragon5

3:13PM | Thu, 05 February 2004

Lovely image, beautiful colors! Excellent Michael.

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Blacklilia

4:38PM | Thu, 05 February 2004

Very sentimental detailed history...:) the Fine illustration for this story.:)

LFNForever

7:31PM | Thu, 05 February 2004

Beautiful!! :)

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tresamie

8:46PM | Thu, 05 February 2004

I love this fractal cloud! A beautiful example of TIA with perfect colors!

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Snow_Angel

10:14PM | Thu, 05 February 2004

I used to have a chemistry set when I was a kid too, and I would make explosions out of different ingredients also,lol! :D Fun past time...This however reminds me of my favorite ice cream, red peppermint! Its a heavenly fractal Michael! :)

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Rykk

10:54PM | Thu, 05 February 2004

Cool TIA Julia spirals, Michael! I had a chemistry set when I was a kid and made some neat stuff happen, too - back when they let you have the REAL good ones, not like now.

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kansas

11:45PM | Thu, 05 February 2004

Wonderfully beautiful colors and design.

LindaMc1

12:32AM | Fri, 06 February 2004

Great story. The colors are so lovely, and I like the point of view.

moeghan

2:47AM | Fri, 06 February 2004

Great form and colors it doesl look like two substances are mixing and vaporating.

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classyladytwo

7:22AM | Fri, 06 February 2004

so lovely, soft and such elegance. excellently done

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redbeard

4:54PM | Fri, 06 February 2004

Well, you lost me somewhaere between elemental and bromine but I get the basic idea. Very exotic and it looks like very toxic as well. Billowing clouds, violent chemical reactions, youthful experimentation with chemicals...wow, sounds great and looks great!

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