Tell students that an example of a very exothermic reaction is the combustion or burning of fuel like the gas in a kitchen stove. Even if students have seen the animation of the combustion of methane ...

At the heart of the Pharaoh’s Snake is a chemical called mercury(II) thiocyanate. When heated, mercury(II) thiocyanate ...

Note: Contact The Fire Systems Group at Michael.Mari@colorado.edu ANDJohn.Humphrey@colorado.edu (email BOTH) ahead of time to have the smoke alarms disabled during the class period when thermite will ...

OWENS CROSS ROADS, Ala. (WHNT) – Alabama State Fire Marshals are wrapping up their investigation into explosions at the Ultratec fireworks plant. State Fire Marshal Ed Paulk says the explosio… ...

Although dissolving potassium carbonate (K 2 CO 3) in water is an exothermic process, it isn’t a chemical reaction, because no chemical bonds are broken or formed as it takes place.

The combustion of methane is an example of an exothermic reaction. More energy is released when the bonds in the products are formed than is used to break the bonds of the reactants. This is shown by ...