Question

34. You are working with a partner on a distillation lab. You take care of setting up the equipment and trust your partner to take care of cleaning the round bottom flask and preparing the chemicals. The chemicals in the flask are a beautiful shade of dark green and everything looks great so far. You are both sitting there documenting the temperature and setting every minute and the experiment is looking great. All of a sudden, the round bottom flask explodes and your partner gets splattered with chemicals on their chest and arms. Very quickly, your instructor shoves your partner under the shower for 15 min and then gives them additional clothes to wear home. The good news is that you are ok and more importantly, you partner suffered nothing more than a small 1st degree burn on their arm. Explain what happened.