Flaming Sugars (mbo Life Sciences)
Channel: Matthijs Broekhuizen
Date: 2014-02-21

A spectacular demonstration of the oxidizing properties of potassium chlorate. This oxidizer turns regular table sugar into a fireworks show! With the addition of various salts, we've turned boring chemistry into a display perfect for New Year's Eve.

If you're only here for the fireworks, that's cool. But if you'd also like to learn a bit more about oxidizers, reductors and how pyrotechnics manage to get all sorts of cool colours, stay tuned after the experiment for the scientific explanation!