Effects
Where a minute change in input can lead to an enormous change in output
Butterfly effect
Old fashioned, chemical element, disrupts ATP production, causes multi-system organ failure
Arsenic
Olympic-class ocean liner. Sunk April 1912 after encountering a patch of water that was particularly solid
RMS Titanic
The radius at which light cannot 'escape' a black hole
Event Horizon
Old. Low explosive. Combination of charcoal, potassium nitrate, and Sulphur.
Gunpowder. (Black Powder)
Where a gas reflects radiation, causing less to get in and less to get out
Greenhouse effect
Well known, dissolves gold, prevents mitochondria from producing ATP, causes histotoxic hypoxia.
Cyanide
Originally Earl of Pembroke, sunk as Lord Sandwich 2. First European vessel to make landfall on the east coast of Australia
HMS Endeavour
point or ring with no volume at the center of a black hole
Singularity
Invented by Alfred Nobel. Stable and safe form of nitroglycerine
Dynamite
Where stepparents are more likely to abuse their stepchildren
Central nervous system depressant, metabolizes to formic acid, can cause blindness.
Methanol
Carrack, captained by Christopher Columbus, crossed the Atlantic in 1492,
La Santa María de la Inmaculada Concepción
(Santa María)
Theoretical radiation emitted by black holes as they "evaporate"
Hawking Radiation
Chemical name gives it away. Originally used as yellow dye. Insensitive. Can be safely melted at 81 degrees. Used as a standard for explosive impact.
Trinitrotoluene (TNT)
Where wavelength changes due to the velocity of their source
Doppler Effect
Highly toxic protein, featured in a book and a television series, produced in castor bean plant, prevents body from producing proteins
Ricin
SS Mont-Blanc
Name of the black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy
Sagittarius A*
Remains popular. often mixed with other compounds. Ingredient of C4, Composition B, and Semtex
RDX
Where surface water instantly boils, creating an insulating layer of steam.
Leidenfrost effect
Pesticide, featured in novels, causes muscle spasms, seizures, extremely painful and dramatic, no antidote
Strychnine
United States Belmont-class technical research ship. Attacked by the IDF during the six-day war.
USS Liberty
the radius an object would have to be compressed in order for it to become a black hole.
Schwarzschild radius
Sensitive to shock. Featured on television. Created with a combination of ethanol, nitric acid, and mercury.
Mercury fulminate