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Potassium Chlorate + Gummy Bear = Violent Reaction

youtube.com — Molten potassium chlorate is a strong oxidizing agent that reacts violently with sugar. Gummy bears have lots of sugar in them.

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  • geekchic, on 01/28/2008, -11/+57At last - a sensible use for Gummy Bears.
    • MyExSucks, on 01/28/2008, -0/+33Or you can soak them in a tub of vodka in your fridge for a day and have a tasty treat
      • Dotcommer, on 01/28/2008, -0/+10I've never heard of that... you dont freeze them do you? Just let them sit over night in the fridge? They wont dissolve? I'll have to try that.
        • sasper, on 01/28/2008, -4/+1Yes please tell us how to do it. Sounds good!
          • eleece722, on 01/28/2008, -0/+16Soak them in a tub of vodka in your fridge for a day.
          • FlameBaiter, on 01/28/2008, -0/+1How many liters of vodka does it take to fill up the tub?
        • MyExSucks, on 01/28/2008, -0/+10you literally just pour some vodka in a tupperware container, pour in some gummy bears, put the lid on, and let it sit. they soak up the vodka. they're a little sticky if you eat them straight the next day, but you can let them sit out for a little. don't use flavored vodka though, since there's already flavor in the gummy bears. it doesn't taste good that way. you can also do this with skittles, and then drink the leftover vodka but its extremely sweet.

          and no, you don't freeze them. vodka doesn't freeze. that's why most people keep theirs in the freezer.
      • DivisibleByZero, on 01/28/2008, -1/+15Friggin blue laws. You had me all geared up to go to the liquor store and try this, but then I realized it's Sunday.
      • FlameBaiter, on 01/28/2008, -1/+0How many liters of vodka does it take to fill up the tub?

        /Sorry for repost.
    • sgtbutterscotch, on 01/28/2008, -3/+81I fail to see how eating them is not sensible.
      • Gir53457, on 01/28/2008, -1/+4And I thought eating the heads first was brutal.
        • Terr01, on 01/28/2008, -0/+3It is my firm belief that eating the head first is the most important act of mercy for a gummy bear.

          It ends it quickly, with a minimum of limb-tearing, torso-bisecting, flesh-dissolving agony.
    • Prombar, on 01/28/2008, -0/+96i make them fight then eat the loser
      • n00854180t, on 01/28/2008, -1/+1It works best with fish crackers, since they actually break.
    • Emnsta, on 01/28/2008, -0/+44I slowly rid them of their limbs and listen to their gummy screams.
      • CedEx, on 01/28/2008, -0/+1I reassemble them with many different flavour combinations. Sometimes, a white body with a red head, other times, a green head with a yellow body, typically followed by "It's ALIVE, it's ALIVE! And now I'm going to eat you!"
      • LeeSoong, on 01/31/2008, -0/+1If you play the video backwards, you can clearly hear:

        ' Vote for McCain, Hail Satan! ' over and over . . .

        O_o
    • MyExSucks, on 01/28/2008, -1/+12Oh, I thought of another one - get them a little wet in your mouth then throw them up at high ceilings. There's still ones in my high school I threw up in a stairwell ceiling 3 years ago.
    • cyrix, on 01/28/2008, -0/+12Sorry to comment hijack, but if anyone wants to know what is going on in better detail there is this video:

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVRBDRAsP6U&feature ...

      I saw someone complain below about the lack of information.
    • ChileanGoD, on 01/28/2008, -1/+9*Calls Nasa* ...hi guys... heyyy... You know the space shuttle?.. yeah!.. Well I have this new propulsion system idea!
    • arunforce, on 01/28/2008, -14/+4Don't potassium chlorate me bro!
    • Tiak, on 01/28/2008, -0/+13I would just like to thank the creator of this video for getting gummy bears banned on airplanes... *****.
    • themastersb, on 01/28/2008, -1/+7Now all we need on Digg is a video section so people will stop posting videos in images..... oh wait...
    • JohnFrum, on 01/28/2008, -1/+4Oh yeah, we'll just see what PETA has to say about that.
    • Ramble, on 01/28/2008, -0/+2I believe the reaction to be:
      3KClO4 (l) + C6H12O6 (s) → 6H2O (g) + 6CO2 (g) + 3KCl (s)

      Some of the states may be a guess...
  • gnews, on 01/28/2008, -2/+356Did you hear how it was screaming?
    • late2digg, on 01/28/2008, -6/+54Really needs someone in the background chanting: The Power of Christ Compels You! The Power of Christ Compels You!
    • JLecker, on 01/28/2008, -1/+20Gummy Steven Colbert is laughing maniacally right now.
      • skyroket, on 01/28/2008, -0/+2Not for long, Colbert. Not for long.
    • Motocompo, on 01/28/2008, -8/+1My science professor did an awesome skit once teaching lab safety using some gummy bears and this stuff :D
    • FadieZ, on 01/28/2008, -3/+6This is the biggest deja vu ever. Same comment, same video. Was I dreaming?
      • GrantTheGr8, on 01/28/2008, -3/+5This is the biggest deja vu ever. Same comment, same video. Was I dreaming?
        • Monkeydew06, on 01/28/2008, -4/+1This is the biggest deja vu ever. Same comment, same video. Was I dreaming?
    • SketchaEtch, on 01/28/2008, -1/+3They should've looped in Robot Chicken's Gummy Bear.
    • CthulhuDawn, on 01/28/2008, -5/+3We did this in Chemistry several years ago. Couldn't tell you why it screams though, I cheated through Chemistry. :-/
    • Nevarius, on 01/28/2008, -6/+2DUDE THAT IS SO NOT FUNNY !!!! Gummy bear Auschwitz is nothing to make fun of. For all you gummy Holocaust deniers , you can all go blow willie's wonka.
    • hoosierplew, on 01/28/2008, -6/+2I swear I heard that bear say "Don't K[ClO3] me, bro!" as he was lowered into the tube.
    • zapperdude60, on 02/03/2008, -0/+1you can hear its soul melting away
  • EgoDeath, on 01/28/2008, -3/+4mmm! delicious dangerous sweets!
  • screamthenrun, on 01/28/2008, -9/+5don't try this at home?
    /even though i know someone will
    • Rhenthalin, on 01/28/2008, -0/+20I'm trying this at home
    • FadieZ, on 01/28/2008, -5/+3/*****
      /irony
      • Komgol, on 01/29/2008, -0/+2/nexttimeuseironyappropriately
        /actualirony
    • AAjax, on 01/28/2008, -0/+6This is a Darwin award waiting to happen

      "Dude, I got 5 gallons of potassium chorate
      and 3 pounds of gummy bears get the camera"
      • LeeSoong, on 01/31/2008, -0/+1Next up on You(potassium-chlorate-test)Tube !
  • Brad324, on 01/28/2008, -7/+3just imagine what would happen if you swallowed some of this stuff
    • MyExSucks, on 01/28/2008, -3/+4From what I remember from chem class, since the KClO4 is an oxidizing agent and your stomach contains a lot of strong acid, the positive part of the acid (the hydrogen) and the negative part of the KClO4 (the oxygen) would combine and make a ***** of water. But you'd probably have to swallow a good couple gallons of the stuff for it to have a really bad effect.
      • sgtbutterscotch, on 01/28/2008, -1/+5I don't think you want to swallow anything that is an oxidizing, or even reducing, agent. I think it would basically rip off electrons from the molecules in you esophagus and such areas, thus, pretty much destroying your vital organs.
      • UNCCEJ1010, on 01/28/2008, -0/+10Not trying to be an anal ass, but KClO4 is potassium perchlorate, not potassium chlorate.
      • Ramble, on 01/28/2008, -0/+1I think it would be prudent to not eat any oxidising agent, at any time.
    • bannus, on 01/28/2008, -0/+6I think you're thinking that KClO4 is a base...its a salt, which is the product of mixing and acid and a base. So my best guess is that it would ***** you up just like any random chemical you would swallow.

      edit: whoops, meant to reply to the guy above me...
      • dezmo, on 01/28/2008, -0/+7so.. let's be clear here; ***** me up in the good way or the bad way?
    • sgtbutterscotch, on 01/28/2008, -0/+10That would be great in a some sort of hostage situation. Pour the stuff down your throat and then dangle a gummy bear above your mouth while threatening to make flaming burps and bring the whole place down while some lady shouts "DON'T DO IT!" but you'd probably already be too crippled from the pain of the chemical that you just imbibed and you'd be laying on the floor with nothing else to live for, so you maneuver the gummy bear into your mouth, except you're too weak to swallow it and you pass out with the gummy bear just laying in your mouth.
    • TokenWhiteGuy, on 01/28/2008, -1/+4You'd blow your ***** out?
    • 1randomnumber, on 01/28/2008, -1/+4Umm... also, it's molten. That might hurt a bit.
    • KamikazeeDriver, on 01/28/2008, -2/+3"just imagine what would happen if you swallowed some of this stuff"

      and chased it with a gummy bear
    • 13B1303, on 01/28/2008, -1/+3Burns, many many painful internal burns.
      Did you guys all miss part where it says it's ***** molten?
    • undersky, on 01/28/2008, -3/+2Just checked wikipedia, potassium chloride is not harmful to the body. you can consume them fine. it has toxicity equivalent of regular salt!
  • trilorez, on 01/28/2008, -2/+4This reminds me of what happens when you burn a donut in liquid oxygen.
  • haeber, on 01/28/2008, -2/+56If I was a science teacher, I would use sour patch kids, just to be morbid.
    • cephelo, on 01/28/2008, -0/+33If I were a science teacher, I'd just use the kids. They probably have enough sugar content to react similarly to gummy bears.
    • NathanielJ, on 01/28/2008, -3/+2I'm not entirely sure how using sour patch kids is any more morbid than using gummi bears...
      • kidwithsword, on 01/28/2008, -2/+1There is a lot more sugar in Sour Patch Kids than Gummy Bears.
      • ChromaVita, on 01/28/2008, -1/+3exploding kids is more morbid than exploding bear.
    • UtopiaInTheSky, on 01/28/2008, -2/+3*were
  • msaleem, on 01/28/2008, -3/+67Wow, I didn't think Gummy Bears + Anything could = violent reaction. I mean look at them:

    http://tinyurl.com/3dxw3x

    Can you tell me any different? :)
  • obliviousfool, on 01/28/2008, -1/+33Good work telling us the chemical reaction. I learned a lot.
    • JorgeGT, on 01/28/2008, -1/+3This is left as an exercise.

      (I swear if i see another of those in my "mathematical foundaments of engineering" book.......)
  • fraglessone, on 01/28/2008, -1/+68So how far off are we on being able to power our cars and lawn mowers on gummy bears?
    • redfox2600, on 01/28/2008, -9/+1Considering all a gummy bear is sugar, we're actually making it more complicated by converting it into ethanol then burning it.
      • NathanielJ, on 01/28/2008, -1/+27Shucks, there goes that 100% completely serious idea out the window.
    • MuffinPatrol, on 01/28/2008, -0/+1Time to buy gummy bear stock.
  • theliamburns1, on 01/28/2008, -22/+0Mix 3 cups vault, 1 cup bleach, and a tablespoon of bleach.

    Pour into cup.

    Drink and enjoy....
  • h0ser, on 01/28/2008, -1/+23Cool video. I'm glad i dont keep a beaker of molten potassium chlorate lying around the house or there might be a few accidents.
    • B3nno, on 01/28/2008, -0/+19Whew, I'm glad i dont keep any gummy bears lying around the house or there might be a few accidents.
    • CypherXero, on 01/28/2008, -0/+1So I'm having a little get-together tomorrow. You guys wanna stop over?
  • Flashman, on 01/28/2008, -26/+1On YouTube, even school science departments use crappy background music.
    • bmcneilly, on 01/28/2008, -3/+2***** off that is a great song u ***** retard
  • Flashman, on 01/28/2008, -29/+2On YouTube, even school science departments use crappy background music. At least it wasn't Nu-Metal.
    • letitbleed62, on 01/28/2008, -1/+1don't diss the dkm
    • Metatron197, on 01/28/2008, -0/+12Thanks for double posting.. now i can bury you twice!
  • gplpark92, on 01/28/2008, -5/+1tastes yumm
  • Crath, on 01/28/2008, -3/+62Thats what happens in your stomach every time you eat one...
    • SillyDigger, on 01/28/2008, -0/+34That explains the internal 3rd degree burns I received after eating one the other day.
      • Crath, on 01/28/2008, -0/+2That explains how you could resist eating more then just one...

        mmm those buggers are sooo good.
  • wrzhydr, on 01/28/2008, -8/+1Cool video, great song!
  • RoscoeP13, on 01/28/2008, -0/+28what did that poor Gummi Bear do to deserve such a violent end? it was pretty cool though!
    • Icyfenix, on 01/28/2008, -1/+7So much worse than being crushed between your molars.
  • capiCrimm, on 01/28/2008, -14/+20Digg + 2 year old articles = front page.
    • Icyfenix, on 01/28/2008, -2/+13Not everyone has been frantically searching the internet for minute long videos for the last 8 years.
    • steveboutin, on 01/28/2008, -0/+3if i haven't seen it, it's new to me!
  • PooPsnooP, on 01/28/2008, -18/+1BORING.
  • ecks618, on 01/28/2008, -2/+2I knew my stomach was making weird noises when I ate Gummi Bears!
  • TheMime, on 01/28/2008, -0/+10Is this the new death penalty for gummy bears?
  • nonymous666, on 01/28/2008, -1/+4That's horrible! Somebody should call the Humane Society.
  • BlackJackJester, on 01/28/2008, -0/+18Anyone know the chemical equation for that reaction? what gas is coming out?(serious question)
    • rodgerdodger5, on 01/28/2008, -0/+13http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUensqImzXM&NR=1
      Is a much better video. Says the gas is mostly CO2. Of course that is just the Sucrose (C12-H22-O11) content of the gummy..would take an organic chemist to tell you what happens when all the other weird crap like food coloring, flavoring, preservatives, etc they put in gummies oxidizes.
  • fatsobob, on 01/28/2008, -2/+91So much cooler than Diet Coke and Mentos
  • ChaosProfessor, on 01/28/2008, -12/+4i submitted this like 6 or 8 months ago under the name ProfessorChaos
    • XXXXXXXXXXXXXX, on 01/28/2008, -5/+4Well you're not an elite digger like supernova so you're not allowed to frontpage stories.
  • outhouseinput, on 01/28/2008, -2/+5What is the song playing in the B/G?

    It reminds me of The Departed, but i'm not sure.
    • owanderhoffe, on 01/28/2008, -5/+2It's from Boondock Saints
      • aarongzmn, on 01/28/2008, -1/+3Pretty sure the song is "I'm Shipping Up To Boston - Dropkick Murphys" DKM are super good. Huge digg for the song and great vid. BTW...where can i get Potassium Chlorate?

    • RobotChild, on 01/28/2008, -1/+7Shipping up to Boston - Dropkick Murphys from the "Fields of Athenry EP".
      Finalized version from "The Warrior's Code" was in The Departed although it sounds a touch different.
    • wiifm69, on 01/28/2008, -1/+2sounds like it would be on irish guitar hero
  • HarryTruman, on 01/28/2008, -5/+3Holy ***** *****!
  • fLUx1337, on 01/28/2008, -0/+1So how many times can this be done? If you put another gummy bear in after, will it do it again? And again?

    Could be used to power a "gummy bear" powered car..... (or just a sugar I guess, if your no fun)
    • rodgerdodger5, on 01/28/2008, -0/+1The gummy is combined with the chemical in the test tube and converted..the heat from the bunsen burner is providing the energy for the reaction..this is not creating energy.. Here is another video that is better.

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUensqImzXM
      • byleth, on 01/28/2008, -1/+1No, the bunsen burner simply provides the heat necessary to start the reaction, after that it is self-sustaining. Basically when KClO3 gets heated, it is converted to KCl (Potassium Chloride)+O2(Oxygen) (2KClO3 -> 2KCl + 3O2). The sugar in the gummy bear burns violently when it's exposed to concentrated O2 (and heat) and releases CO2 + H2O in the process. The sugar, in this case, is the fuel and the KClO3 is the oxidizer in this typical fuel/oxidizer mixture. Black powder is also a fuel/oxidizer mixture except charcoal and sulfur are the fuel and Potassium Nitrate (KNO3) is the oxidizer. I can't believe how many people here have never done this before!
        • balazs, on 01/28/2008, -1/+1Except this is KClO4 (Potassium perchlorate) and not KClO3. The actual reaction is:
          3 KClO4 + C6H12O6 → 6 H2O + 6 CO2 + 3 KCl
        • cyclopropene, on 01/29/2008, -1/+1"Except this is KClO4 (Potassium perchlorate) and not KClO3."

          That must be why they named the video "Potassium Chlorate + A Red Gummy Bear." :-/

    • afflusso, on 01/28/2008, -1/+2It can only be done once. And no.
  • darkgreystar, on 01/28/2008, -2/+3This version tells what happens during the reaction, kind of, since some people wanted more info.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUensqImzXM&NR=1

    That vid was probably the highlight of my mandatory chem. class.
  • ryanonfire, on 01/28/2008, -0/+2Eat and enjoy
  • arbiterofcool, on 01/28/2008, -0/+9Someone needs to try this with 5 gummy bears.. and then post it on Youtube. :P
    • tidu, on 01/28/2008, -0/+10do you promise to attend the funeral
    • Crath, on 01/28/2008, -0/+1In a sealed container.
    • lastoftheidiots, on 01/28/2008, -0/+6Forget the gummi bears man, just pour the molten KClO3 into a big jar of sugar.
  • LittleDas, on 01/28/2008, -2/+2One wayward pinch of potassium chlorate one errant twitch
    and KABLOOEY
  • Mmedia, on 01/28/2008, -1/+17that was an awesome way to murder a gummi bear.
    Heres some more Gummi Bear Murders!!!
    http://www.media-post.net/gummi_bear_murders.php
  • millenniumjules, on 01/28/2008, -5/+1Cool...
  • Gerrware, on 01/28/2008, -2/+5Gummi Bears will fuel the cars of tomorrow.
  • Frezzle, on 01/28/2008, -3/+5WOW I don't see any images only a video!
  • fotbr, on 01/28/2008, -1/+21Time for the TSA to ban carrying gummy bears on airplanes.
    • pixelguru, on 01/28/2008, -2/+5It's not usually the fuel that's the danger on an airline, unless we're talking about something like gasoline. The fat around your mid-section is a fine source of fuel, and they aren't going to ban that (though they may charge you for two seats). In this case, it's the oxidizer that's the real danger, and fortunately potassium chlorate is relatively hard to come by. You might remember the flight that augured into the everglades a few years back after their cargo of supposedly "spent" oxygen cylinders turned out to still contain quite a bit of oxygen. In a pure oxygen environment, any fuel is dangerous - even the oil on your skin will self-ignite.
      • fotbr, on 01/28/2008, -1/+3Apparently you haven't realized that logic and facts have no place in government regulations.
  • Mmedia, on 01/28/2008, -6/+1That sure was a great way to murder a gummi bear.
    Heres some more gummi bear murders: http://www.media-post.net/gummi_bear_murders.php
    • Mmedia, on 01/28/2008, -2/+2Darn it I posted this twice by accident. Lag ass internet!!!
  • SilverBack101, on 01/28/2008, -0/+1Wow! Did you see how right near the end around the 50 seconds mark that it started to glow from the heat!
  • EvanVolm, on 01/28/2008, -2/+4"I'm so happy 'cause I'm a gummy bear, gummy bear!"
  • redsoxmb545, on 01/28/2008, -1/+2Haha, we did that in Chem a few months ago.

    Dr. Kumar called it Gummicide haha
    • K31TH3R, on 01/28/2008, -0/+4He didn't by chance construct a makeshift bong out of the test tube afterwards did he?
      • redsoxmb545, on 01/28/2008, -0/+2Haha no SHE didn't.
        I swear though, you could smoke out of practically everything in that lab room. Everything looks like a bong or bowl!
  • RoyalPwner, on 01/28/2008, -1/+1Ooooh....aaahhhh.
  • Emnsta, on 01/28/2008, -1/+2Listen to it sizzle..
  • BlackJackJester, on 01/28/2008, -2/+2Is there any way to turn this into an engine? I want to fuel my car with gummy bears
  • shit, on 01/28/2008, -1/+2I'm more interested in that beaker of TGIR Ooze on the counter. Put a gummy bear in that and we're talking.
  • T8erT0T, on 01/28/2008, -1/+18NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! Why the red one, they are the best. If anything they should have sacrificed the yellow or green ones.
    • pixelguru, on 01/28/2008, -2/+8You can pass all your unwanted green ones right over here if you please.
    • madm0nk, on 01/28/2008, -3/+1I know that certain types of red dye is volatile such as the one that was used in playing cards, but I thought that people quit using that. Not sure if that is the reason a red one was used. It may have been used to get a red colored reaction going. This is just a hypothesis since I know jack about chemistry.

      http://gargles.net/suicide-at-san-quentin/
    • madm0nk, on 01/28/2008, -2/+1Heh ... contribute to the conversation and you get dugg down for it.
      • bagelmaster, on 01/28/2008, -1/+1complaining about getting dugg down gets you dugg down more. take it like a man, I know I do.

        dugg down in 3...2...1...
  • Khyber00, on 01/28/2008, -12/+0http://www.digg.com/politics/PBS_The_Secret_Govern ...
    • hayzeus, on 01/28/2008, -0/+1*****
    • jemka, on 01/28/2008, -0/+1Welcome to Digg. If you're trying NOT to get your submitted story to the front page, you're doing a great job. Otherwise, don't do this.
  • FaithclubDotNet, on 01/28/2008, -12/+1I know a vandalism trick that involves gummy bears. It would do too much damage if the public knew so my circle of friends keep it secret.
    • ace10414, on 01/28/2008, -0/+7What a pointless comment...
    • D3koy, on 01/28/2008, -1/+2So you know a way to vandalize things with gummi bears, but you don't do it becuase it would be to damaging? What proof do you have that it is effective? I have a vandalism trick that involves Peppermint Pattys, but I don't do it...
    • selfdisplaced, on 01/28/2008, -0/+1let me guess you are one of those assholes throwing them at the screens in theaters? let me be the one to say "NO ONE APPRECIATES IT!"
  • SupaNinja, on 01/28/2008, -0/+0That just gave me a craving for gummy bears. Clear ones are good...
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