Bismuth & Perchloric Acid: Mysterious Metal M chemistry

Why does bismuth do that thing? You know, the thing. Why is that? We investigate. Subreddit: Reddit: ExplosionsAndFire
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Paper mentioned in the video: "The Explosive Reaction of Bismuth with Perchloric Acid" 1935 https://doi.org/10.1021/ja01308a008
I hope this counts towards their Altmetric score. Currently only 157 paper reads in 85 years, that's less than 2 a year, this is hot topical content absolutely.

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