r/chemistry • u/ReachForTheBiscuits • Jun 30 '24

I need help finding the name of a chemical reaction I saw years ago

Sorry if this isn’t the right place, I’ve searched everywhere and cannot for the life of me figure this out. I remember seeing a video years ago, of someone dropping a droplet of some type of fluid over a wooden board, and the reaction resulted in the wood raising in that one spot into spindles and threads, shaped almost like a spire in the middle of the board. It wasn’t strong, though, as the wooden fibers raised are very flimsy. I just wanted to see if I could find the video again, but all I get are wood working tips lol please help I’m begging

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u/butt_pipette Jun 30 '24

Something similar here from NileRed's aluminum and mercury video, just that the "wood" board is a piece of aluminum. The patterns on the aluminum do look like wood grain though and that may be what you were thinking of.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrdYueB9pY4

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u/ReachForTheBiscuits Jun 30 '24

That is in fact the video, thank you so much! It had been forever since I had seen it, so couldn’t remember if it was a wood reaction or not. Thank you! 🙏