Have you ever wondered what would happen if you mixed Mercury (II) thiocyanate (Hg (SCN)2) and Ammonium chromate (NH4)2CrO4 together and then lit it on fire? NO?! What’s wrong with you? It’s ...

When ignited a mixture of Mercury(II) thiocyanate (Hg(SCN)2) and Ammonium chromate (NH4)2CrO4 looks like a flaming octopus crawling out of a volcano.

When ammonium nitrate explodes, it can release toxic gases including nitrogen oxides and ammonia gas. The orange plume is caused by the nitrogen dioxide, which is often associated with air pollution.

Ammonium nitrate is an odorless crystalline substance that has caused numerous industrial explosions over the decades.

This experiment, featuring the combustion of Mercury (II) thiocyanate and Ammonium chromate, is a spectacular example of the 'Pharaoh's Snake' fireworks, particularly popular in North America.

THE occasional presence of chromates in sewages which receive discharges of trade effluents from the chromium-plating industry led us to investigate the influence of chromate on sewage ...

Ammonium nitrate has been blamed for a deadly explosion in Beirut, but what exactly is the chemical?