Water Drops Serve as Canvas for Microchemistry Art
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Summary
The source of some recent viral videos depicting solitary water drop chemical reactions have been attributed to a scientist from Guangdong named Yu, who posts them on Douyin (known as TikTok outside of China)
The reactions depicted are simplistic yet attractive, and feature Simplified Chinese captioning for wider audiences (- and an elemental symbol or two)
The videos show the diffusion of chemicals through a water drop and the results in the middle when more than one chemical is used, and while the presentation could be improved, the reactions are aesthetically pleasing and interesting
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