Bath bombs are just glorified, perfumed alka seltzer tablets. They're primarily made of sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) and citric acid that result in this reaction...
3 NaHCO3 (s) + H3C6H5O7 (s) --> Na3C6H5O7 (aq) + 3 H2O (l) + 3 CO2 (g)
The cuteness of the dissolving, reacting Mad Scientist bath bomb is fun to watch, but there isn't too much really exciting in this video other than some chemistry folks playing around with the bath bombs - adding them to water, using a thermal camera to check the endothermicity of the reaction, checking the dyes under UV light, adding concentrated sulfuric acid to the bomb (oof), and finally trying to set the poor bath bomb on fire.
Feels a bit like the Nottingham folks are reaching a bit for content here.
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