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Chemistry student killed by exploding chewing gum
KIEV, Ukraine — A Ukrainian chemistry student has been killed by exploding bubble gum that tore off half of his face, police said Thursday.
Vladimir Likhonos, a student at a regional branch of the Kyiv Polytechnical Institute, is thought to have accidentally dipped his chewing gum into explosives he was using for his studies, police spokeswoman Elvira Biganova told The Associated Press. She said the 25-year-old mistook the powder for citric acid, which he often added to prolong the gum's taste.
On the table where Likhonos had been working police found about 3.5 ounces (100 grams) of the suspected explosive -- a powder that resembles citric acid but has yet to be identified, she said.
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I was going to put it in the CP doing it wrong thread but the search function couldn't find it for me.
Anyways, for CP chem majors, what kind of chemical could it be to cause such explosion? Ammonium Iodates? Sodium Perchlorate?
I must admit, I sampled citric acid crystals in lab before
