Chemical reactions tuned to coincide with Queen's "Another One Bites The Dust"
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@_thegeoff

That's fantastic. What was the retardation mechanism? Ion concentration?

@jimdonegan Basically - iodine is continually produced, but rapidly reduced to iodide by the thiosulphate. When that runs out excess iodine gives a fast reaction with the starch.

@_thegeoff

Takes me right back to my school days. So interesting. And soooooooo long ago now!

@jimdonegan Yeah, I do a lot of "vaguely remember this from 30 years ago, but need to read up on it..."!