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Chemistry up close can be mesmerizing, and here's unexpected contender for the best thing to watch: a match head burning in slow motion, with a science lesson to go along with it.

Put together by American Chemical Society's Reactions channel, the video shows, step-by-step, a match flaming up. All the while, there's a narration to let you know exactly what's happenin. There's a shimmer just before a smoldering flame, leading into a miniature inferno.

It's easy to forget the chemistry all around us, but that's the point of the American Chemical Society's videos. If you need a little cool-down after that blistering inferno, you can always watch some water freeze into ice.

Source: Neatorama

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