What kind of accidents can happen in a scientific lab?

Question

I'm looking for explosive accidents if possible.
Like a micromave exploding or something like that...

This is as background search for an essay

Answer 1

Forty-odd years ago it was okay for undergraduates to do experiments with radioactive sources. The laboratory had lots and lots of lead bricks, for the students to build a wall to shield their bodies from these radiation sources during the experiment. The commonest accident was dropping a lead brick on your foot.

Answer 2

One of the most problem is in the manufacturing of hydrogen .if there is any ox. in the system it will explode.
Microwave is not a toy for the lab ,just a slight radiation of microwave and u can be blind even with protective goggles on.
one that got me was a piece of fools gold, and what we thought was gold ,very simple just melt the gold out,well the fools gold exploded blowing hot material all over us. the protective gear was great.

Answer 3

Only defective microwaves will explode. The case of it doing so is extremely rare. I suggest you write about something do with Bunsen burners. They produce a very hot blue flame and can easily set things on fire. If those things are combustible, they will ignite or explode.

Answer 4

I work at a physics lab in the college I attend. I read that the moment you open the cap of a bottle containing cyclooctatetraene, it will form peroxides (white crystals). If you drop these crystals, I read that they can explode. I am being careful after I read the MSDS.

Answer 5

I had one very large explosion in a chemistry lab I was working in due to bad permanganic acid. I was blown off my feet and over and through some glassware. Luckily I did not catch fire and I went under the emergency shower to remove the acid.
It was not fun believe me.