Student injured during chemistry experiment mishap
A 20-year-old male student was working with a mixture of sodium and potassium when the concoction exploded in his hands, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
Police Brief 02/27/09
The accident happened at 3 p.m. Feb. 19 in the Chemistry Building. The mixture, NaK, exploded and broke the glass flask that held it. Shards of the flask caused cuts on the student’s hands and face and also may have caused chemical burns, McGlothian-Taylor said.
The student was taken by ambulance to Sparrow Hospital in Lansing and was released later that day, McGlothian-Taylor said.
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