WHOOSH! Zinc meets Sulfur
Zinc and sulfur powders sit quietly until they are lit. Then they react all at once in a blinding flash and a big puff of yellow-white smoke.
The result
- What it makes
- Zinc sulfide
- Equation
- Zn + S → ZnS
- When it happens
- With a spark or a flame
Fun fact from Fizzy: Zinc sulfide glows in the dark after light shines on it. It is used in glow-in-the-dark toys!
🥽 This reaction is fierce and smoky. Only chemistry teachers do it, outside or in a fume cupboard.