![]() ![]() It’s a clever way of getting out of a tight spot but is the chemistry correct? Not all phosphorus is the same Later Walter explains to Jesse “red phosphorus in the presence of moisture and accelerated by heat yields phosphorus hydride … phosphine gas … one good whiff and …”. A shower of sparks causes enough confusion for White to escape outside where he holds the door shut trapping the two gangsters in the fumes and poisonous gases. ![]() ![]() He heats up a pan of water and when it’s boiling throws in a bottle of red phosphorus. Thinking on his feet he starts the process but manages to contrive a reaction to produce poisonous gas to kill the gangsters. Bargaining for his life Walter takes them into the lab promising to show them how to make top-grade meth. He joins up with Jesse, a local drug dealer, cooking up methamphetamine, known on the streets as ‘meth’ or ‘crystal meth’.Īlmost at once things go badly wrong when two rival gangsters threaten to kill them. His family is struggling to pay the bills so he decides to turn his chemistry creativity towards making illegal drugs. In Breaking Bad, Walter White, a down-on-his-luck high school chemistry teacher, finds out he has terminal cancer.
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