WARNING TO PARENTS.
BOY'S CHEMICAL EXPERIMENT DANGEROUS MIXTURE. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.! DUNEDIN, this day. Referring to the explosion at Christchurch, where a boy was seriously injured while experimenting, Dr. Inglis, Professor of Chemistry at Otago University, said: "It simply shows the necessity of'warning youngsters of the danger of experiments." The mixture of chlorate of potash and sugar was a most dangerous one. When chlorate and sulphur were combined a feather was used for mixing, and a drop of sulphuric acid on the chlorate immediately caused an explosion. Chlorate supplied the oxygen and sugar the burning quality. When the chemical and sugar were rammed together a loud explosion occurred.
Dr. Inglis said the lad had apparently gained some knowledge of the explosive powers of the chemical and sugar combination, but it was impossible to say what was the ultimate expectation of his tests. The accident should be taken as a warning to parents to prevent their children undertaking dangerous experiments.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 282, 28 November 1929, Page 18
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