As Walt is cooking in the RV lab, he takes advantage of the dangerous nature of the process to fill the enclosed space with a deadly gas. In the Breaking Bad pilot, Walt is forced to reveal his recipe so a couple of thugs won't kill him and leave him in the desert.  However, the Mythbusters showed that, in order to get the explosive effects shown in the episode, not only would Walt need a much greater quantity of the compound along with a much faster throwing velocity, but that he and everyone else would have died from the concussive blast.  It's decidedly unstable and can be detonated by friction, heat, spark, or shock, such as slamming a few ounces of it against the floor.  The crystal structure of mercury fulminate was discovered in 2007, over 200 years after the compound was first synthesized and about a year before it gained popular attention on the Breaking Bad season one episode, "Crazy Handful of Nothin'".  Fulminated mercury is indeed an explosive, classically used as a trigger in blasting caps used to set off larger explosives. Luckily, the folks over at Discovery's Mythbusters have already tackled this one, so I won't have to fire up the ol' fume hood.  Walt cooks up the compound and passes it off as crystal meth, using a small amount to demonstrate its potent properties while holding Tucoâs goons at bay with an amount that would likely level the building. Two of Breaking Badâs most famous words (other than the title itself, and the name of protagonist Walter White), âfulminated mercuryâ resulted in quite the explosive stand-off between Heisenberg and drug kingpin, Tuco Salamanca ( Raymond Cruz).  Please contact our attorney, Saul Goodman, with any legal concerns.*  Collider has long been a money-laundering operation reputable business in good standing.  Rather, the following is meant only to compare the Breaking Bad version of science to real world fundamentals.  But does TV studio science check out in real life?  Hit the jump to find out.*Here's our disclaimer: This article is not intended to instruct readers in the methods of explosive production, body disposal, illegal drug manufacturing or to aide in the obtaining of deadly poisons or other unlawful materials.  Where other crime lords in the making might simply fight or shoot their way out of trouble, Walt uses not just chemistry, but also physics and biochemistry to dispose of bodies, erase damning evidence, and to make sure that leverage is always on his side.  Not only does Walt's scientific background aid him in his drug-making ventures, it also gets him out of scrapes. Itâs likely that people remember more chemistry from an episode of AMCâs Breaking Badthan from their time in high school and college, but is the on-screen science sound?  For those who aren't caught up with the exploits of Walter White ( Bryan Cranston), the show tracks his transformation from chemistry genius to high school science teacher to cancer patient to meth kingpin.
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