Chemistry in Action...
Gosh!!! I should make it a habit of blogging everyday or else spend atleast an hour or so recollecting the events in the past week or so...
Last Sunday, we went to Six Flags theme park, an hour's drive from home. News was out that the worlds tallest and fastest roller-coaster , The Kingda Ka, had become a MAJOR attraction. We found that to be very true. Infact, it took us 5hrs, waiting for our turn, to get onto one of the coaches. And how long did the ride last?
"""25 sec"""
Can you believe it??? All the time we were waiting in the line trying to cool ourselves off, because believe it or not, the temperature that day rocketed to well above 100 degrees fahrenheit!!! But it was worth waiting as it is very rare to get on a ride that accelerates from 0 to 120Mph in 3.5 sec flat and makes a 450ft plunge (vertical ascent and descent!!!)...yeah you read it correctly...
Kingda Ka!!!
Although we could get on only a few rides, we had a great time. I finally came over my fears and all that crap and enjoyed those rides a lot.
We got our turn on The Rocket Coaster(powered by hydraulics, should have seen the tracks vibrate and tracks cooled by water...amazing!!!) just moments before the park closed. It was 10PM and I was very thirsty. So thirsty that I didn't notice the unsual heat I felt when I took the can and got ready to open. Apparently, the cans of Pepsi that we left out in the car exposed to the sun expanded to such an extent that the can literally blew in my hand when I tried to open it. A sharp pain shot through my right hand and for a moment I thought that I was a goner. But fortunately, nothing much happened, not even a scratch :D. After coming home I noticed the big bulge in the can due to the GAS EXPANSION, something I learnt in school but never experienced first hand until today, Chemistry in real life :))...
LOOK AT THAT BULGE!!!!
After that there was another close call when my father fumbled over some directions to home and changed lanes on the road without signalling to the speeding guy behind us. From that moment onwards, until we got home, I kept a watch over my father if he were to fall asleep at the wheel. Quite absurd I agree but 3 calls in the same hour is not something that is normal and to get over with easily...
Last Sunday, we went to Six Flags theme park, an hour's drive from home. News was out that the worlds tallest and fastest roller-coaster , The Kingda Ka, had become a MAJOR attraction. We found that to be very true. Infact, it took us 5hrs, waiting for our turn, to get onto one of the coaches. And how long did the ride last?
Can you believe it??? All the time we were waiting in the line trying to cool ourselves off, because believe it or not, the temperature that day rocketed to well above 100 degrees fahrenheit!!! But it was worth waiting as it is very rare to get on a ride that accelerates from 0 to 120Mph in 3.5 sec flat and makes a 450ft plunge (vertical ascent and descent!!!)...yeah you read it correctly...
Kingda Ka!!!
Although we could get on only a few rides, we had a great time. I finally came over my fears and all that crap and enjoyed those rides a lot.
We got our turn on The Rocket Coaster(powered by hydraulics, should have seen the tracks vibrate and tracks cooled by water...amazing!!!) just moments before the park closed. It was 10PM and I was very thirsty. So thirsty that I didn't notice the unsual heat I felt when I took the can and got ready to open. Apparently, the cans of Pepsi that we left out in the car exposed to the sun expanded to such an extent that the can literally blew in my hand when I tried to open it. A sharp pain shot through my right hand and for a moment I thought that I was a goner. But fortunately, nothing much happened, not even a scratch :D. After coming home I noticed the big bulge in the can due to the GAS EXPANSION, something I learnt in school but never experienced first hand until today, Chemistry in real life :))...
LOOK AT THAT BULGE!!!!
After that there was another close call when my father fumbled over some directions to home and changed lanes on the road without signalling to the speeding guy behind us. From that moment onwards, until we got home, I kept a watch over my father if he were to fall asleep at the wheel. Quite absurd I agree but 3 calls in the same hour is not something that is normal and to get over with easily...
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