Re: State of the Union Address

[Rabid Wombat <wombat@mcfeely.bsfs.org>]

On Sat, 24 Jan 1998, Matthew Ghio wrote:

> Anonymous wrote:
> 
> > [1] Grab a totally random sample of 100 high school students. Haul the
> >     students out one at a time and ask them the following questions:
> [snip]
> > 11) Michelle mixes one gram of HCl and one half gram of NaOH. Under normal
> >     circumstances, what is produced and in what quantities?
> > 
> 
> The correct answer is an explosion and a big mess.  One student in my high
> school chemistry class learned this the hard way.  :)
> 
> 

Um, salt water explodes?