Pictures taken from Mike Hoyland's "Delights of Chemistry" lecture, November 4th, 2003.

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Posing for the camera The Audience Wandering around Balls Starting with a bang
Setting off a screaming firework indoors is never a good idea fireflies fireflies fireflies Exploding soap bubbles
Exploding soap bubbles Exploding soap bubbles Exploding soap bubbles Exploding soap bubbles Exploding soap bubbles
Exploding soap bubbles bottle rockets bottle rockets The ceiling in the RBLT Mike doing something technical
Stuff with gases Stuff with gases More Stuff with gases Don't do this at home, kids How to inflate a balloon using a flask and some cold stuff
Thermit reaction Thermit Thermit Limelight Limelight
Limelight Phosphorus moon Phosphorus moon Phosphorus moon Phosphorus moon
Phosphorus moon Barking dog prelims. That brown gas will kill you. Ack. More brown gas. Although, the results were well worth it. Chemoluminescence
Chemoluminescence requires a lot of shaking. Chemoluminescence Burning stuff Burning stuff looks good and all glowy and red
Smoky. Mmmmm. Screaming jelly babies Scream, jelly baby, scream! To be honest, I have no idea what this was about. More burny stuff
Burn, baby, burn (disco infernooooooo) Pile of glowing stuff. Barking dog reprise.

Yadda yadda yadda. All pictures are © Mike Wallis, 2003.