Questions tagged [chemistry-in-fiction]
Chemistry-in-fiction covers all chemistry that can be seen in TV series, films and can be read in books, etc. which does not necessarily need to be based on proper scientific backgrounds.
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Could a safe water ocean exist on a world with predominantly chlorine atmosphere?
I am researching for a Si-Fi book. Would a water ocean on a world with a predominantly chlorine ($\ce{Cl2}$) atmosphere be safe to touch? Would the chlorine over time saturate the water creating a "...
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Does Dean Kamen's Slingshot really filter virtually everything?
According to Dean Kamen (in the movie http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3242934/) and on the Net (http://www.popsci.com/article/science/pure-genius-how-dean-kamens-invention-could-bring-clean-water-millions)...
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How can I tell if a liquid is (not) emitting light? [closed]
I found an image of Nuka Cola Quantim, a soft drink from the Fallout video game series, which depicts the bottle as glowing, but it doesn't feel quite real:
Then I also saw this video of a ...
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Freezing all the water on earth with a seed crystal
I was recently reading the satirical, fictional book Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut. In this book, one of the major subplots is the invention of a mythical polymorph of ice called ice-9 in the book. In ...
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Is so called "Polymerized LiNb (Lithium Niobocene)" a possible compound?
The so called "Polymerized LiNb (Lithium Niobocene)" is a fictional compound.
I heard about this substance being used for an interesting purpose. It reacts to mechanical stress or pressure by ...
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What are the effects of Lithium Dioxide on the body?
My question is about how much science-fiction and how much chemistry is involved in the the 'Randy's Donuts' scene of Iron Man 2:
Agent Romanoff injects Lithium Dioxide into Tony Stark's neck to ...
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Could we possibly discover new extraterrestrial elements and minerals?
So, after dissolving a good portion of my brain by watching a ton of sci-fi, I started thinking about all of the strange new materials that we will supposedly have in the future. For example, the ever-...
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On biological detergent breaking down organic material
This is again related to the crime story I'm working on.
I would like to know how much biological detergent (in kilograms) and water (in liters) and how long it would take to dissolve $60 \,\rm{Kg}$ ...
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"Editing" atom nucleus
First of all. I am really bad at chemistry and all that. So this might or more likely will sound at least primitive... But this question has been bothering me for far too long.
So, I was reading ...
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How do I extract cyanide from apple seeds?
I'm working on a crime story about cyanide poisoning from apple seeds. I just would like to have an idea of what processes and extraction techniques might be involved in getting cyanide from the seeds....
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Does mercury fulminate really look like crystal methamphetamine?
In the AMC series Breaking Bad , Walter (aka Heisenberg) smuggles in a bag of mercury fulminate under the guise of crystal methamphetamine and threatens to blow the room up if he doesn't get his money....
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Can you make napalm out of gasoline and orange juice concentrate?
According to the novel Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk:
The three ways to make napalm: One, you can mix equal parts of
gasoline and frozen orange juice concentrate. Two, you can mix equal
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HI/P reduction mechanism
I recently answered a question about Breaking Bad's initial methamphetamine production method (i.e. the reduction of (pseudo)ephedrine). The reaction is as follows:
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Crystal meth in Breaking Bad [closed]
Can good quality crystal meth really be made as in Breaking Bad?
Can a pharmaceutical drug really be reverse-engineered?
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Is it realistic to have a natural oxygen source in a cave?
Is it realistic to have a natural oxygen source in a cave? I am writing a story, about people who live underground in a land that is freezing outside. Heat is taken care of by geothermally heated ...
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