How do you make real elephant toothpaste?

Make Elephant Toothpaste
Pour 1/2 cup hydrogen peroxide solution, 1/4 cup dishwashing soap, and a few drops of food coloring into the bottle. Swish the bottle around to mix the ingredients. Set the bottle in a sink or outdoors or some other place where you won't mind getting wet foam everywhere.
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How long does it take to make elephant toothpaste?

Add about 1 tablespoon (15ml) of liquid dish soap into the bottle and swish the bottle around a bit to mix it. In a separate small cup, combine the warm water and the yeast together and mix for about 30 seconds. It should be about the consistency of melted ice cream – add a bit more warm water if needed.
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What happens if you touch elephant toothpaste?

The oxygen gas produced gets trapped in the soap which produces the big ball of foam. The reaction produces oxygen gas, water and iodine. That is why the foam has a yellow color. If you were to touch this foam, your hand would be stained yellow just as if you put iodine on your skin.
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Can you touch elephant toothpaste?

Elephant toothpaste is safe to touch after 3 minutes. All materials can be safely disposed of in the sink, ensuring to wash with warm soapy water.
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What is Devil's toothpaste?

Devil's Toothpaste is really the same as the famous Elephant Toothpaste experiment, just executed with higher concentration hydrogen peroxide. In this case, [Integza] is using 50% hydrogen peroxide combined with potassium permanganate as a catalyst.
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What happens if you touch Devil's toothpaste?

THE CHEMISTRY

Concentrated hydrogen peroxide can result in a strong chemical burn if it gets on your skin. To create the elephants toothpaste reaction a second chemical is added (know as a catalyst) which basically tears-apart the hydrogen peroxide into water while releasing Oxygen gas inside the bubbles.
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How hot does elephant toothpaste get?

The 500 ml of water has a heat capacity of around 2100 J/K. So, the solution gets about 12 K hotter. This calculation seems to assume 3% hydrogen peroxide. A good elephant-toothpaste demo will use 30%, which of course produces ten times the energy.
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Is elephant toothpaste flammable?

Re: Elephant toothpaste

I see it now. What is happening is that the reaction is generating pure oxygen, which is a highly flammable environment.
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What materials do you need for elephant toothpaste?

What You'll Need:
  • A clean 16-oz plastic soda bottle.
  • 1/2 cup 20-volume hydrogen peroxide liquid (20-volume is a 6% solution; you can get this from a beauty supply store or hair salon)
  • 1 Tablespoon (one packet) of dry yeast.
  • 3 Tablespoons of warm water.
  • Liquid dishwashing soap.
  • Food coloring.
  • Small cup.
  • Safety goggles.
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Can you touch elephant toothpaste with your bare hands?

It is safe to touch because all that foam is just soap, water and oxygen. Let your kids have some fun with the foam too. Just be sure to have a towel handy!
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How do you make elephant toothpaste without peroxide?

Here's how to do it:
  1. In the half glass of milk, add 2 tbsp of baking soda and your food colouring (about a drop).
  2. In your quarter cup of milk, add 1 tbsp of citric acid. ...
  3. Just pour your citric acid-milk combination into your baking soda-milk combination and watch it foam!
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Who invented elephant toothpaste?

YouTuber and former NASA engineer Mark Rober has destroyed the Guinness World Record for tallest-ever elephant toothpaste fountain. Rober and his team created the fountain of colorful, reactive foam using what amounted to a pseudo rocket thruster made of wood.
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What makes elephant toothpaste explode?

Hydrogen peroxide breaks down into oxygen and water. As a small amount of hydrogen peroxide generates a large volume of oxygen, the oxygen quickly pushes out of the container. The soapy water traps the oxygen, creating bubbles, and turns into foam.
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How do you make exploding foam at home?

You only need a few materials to make a foam volcano.
  1. 1/2 cup of liquid hydrogen peroxide.
  2. 10 drops of liquid food coloring.
  3. 1 tablespoon of liquid dish soap.
  4. 1 packet of dry yeast.
  5. A 16-ounce plastic soda or water bottle OR a bucket that size.
  6. A small cup to hold your yeast and at least 3 tablespoons of warm water.
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How do you make elephant toothpaste with Coke?

Coca-Cola bottle, one ½ cup of 6% or 20-volume hydrogen peroxide (purchased from a beauty supply store), 5 squirts of dawn dish soap, blue and red food coloring, 1 teaspoon of active yeast dissolved in 2 tablespoons of warm water, one funnel, and a tray and towels to catch the overflowing toothpaste.
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Will instant yeast work for elephant toothpaste?

I seem to think that name fits rather perfectly! Here's what you'll need: a 16 oz. bottle, hydrogen peroxide, instant dry yeast, dish soap, food coloring, a funnel, and a large pan.
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What is the world record for elephant toothpaste 2021?

A US toy company has achieved the world record for the largest Elephant's Toothpaste reaction. The Guinness World Records reported the event from Los Angeles and the reaction measured 342.52 meters.
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Who has the world record for most elephant toothpaste?

The largest elephant's toothpaste fountain is 342.52 cubic metres (12,095 cubic feet 1676.16 cubic inches) and was achieved by KiwiCo (USA) in Los Angeles, California, USA, on 24 January 2022.
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Who holds the world record for largest devil's toothpaste?

In a recent video, YouTuber Mark Rober illustrates the enormous power of devil's toothpaste while reclaiming his world record title.
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