Reynolds Metals

How does the toilet bowl cleaner and aluminium foil bomb work?

Exactly what reacts with the foil in the toilet bowl cleaner, and what chemical reaction takes place?

Public Comments

1. That's some dangerous stuff to be messing around with. The reaction depends on the toilet bowl cleaner that's used. What's most likely happening is that hydrogen gas is released and the heat of the reaction causes the hydrogen to burn. This used to happen with car batteries in the past.