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科学家Kate The Chemist解析电影和电视剧中的化学场景，分析其科学准确性，适合练习化学知识和批判性思维。
I'm
我
Dr. Kate B.
凯特·B博士
Rudorf, but you may know me as Kate the chemist.
鲁多夫……不过你们可能更熟悉我的另一个名字——化学家凯特（Kate the Chemist）。
Kate is a scientist, author, and science entertainer.
凯特是一位科学家、作家，同时也是一位从事科学科普工作的表演者（即通过表演或演讲等方式向公众传播科学知识的艺术家）。
Today, I'm going to break down clips from movies and TV about chemistry.
今天，我将分析一些来自电影和电视节目的、与化学相关的片段。
So let's experiment.
那么，让我们来做个实验吧。
Dissolving a body, breaking bad.
将尸体溶解……《绝命毒师》（Breaking Bad）。
It's possible that HF could dissolve a body, but I would not pick that one because HF is a weak acid,
氢氟酸（HF）确实有可能溶解人体组织，但我不会选择这种方式作为“溶解尸体的方法”——因为氢氟酸其实是一种弱酸。
and so that means that it doesn't
因此，这意味着它并不（能够做到某件事）。
fully dissociate into the hydronium ion, and that's the active species that's actually going to start eating away at the tissue.
这种物质会完全分解成氢氧根离子（hydronium ion），而氢氧根离子才是真正具有腐蚀性的活性物质，它会开始侵蚀组织。
So if it was me to dissolve a body, even though I shouldn't be saying this, I would probably go with something closer to aqua rega,
所以，如果是我来处理一具尸体的话（尽管我其实不应该这么说），我可能会选择使用类似于“王水”（aqua rega）的化学物质。
which is like a royal acid.
这种物质就像一种“王酸”（即一种极其强腐蚀性的酸）。
That last scene makes me cringe.
最后一个场景真的让我感到非常尴尬（甚至想退缩）。
He's standing next to a huge container of HF, so hydrofluoric acid that is being suspended in the air,
他站在一个装有高浓度氢氟酸（HF）的巨大容器旁边；这种氢氟酸以气态形式悬浮在空气中。
and he doesn't have any safety equipment on his face.
他的脸上没有任何防护装备。
So like that thing could break and splash in his face, and just he'd be done so.
那样的东西可能会突然破裂，然后碎片溅到他的脸上，到那时他就完了。
No, thank you.
不，谢谢。
When you add acid to something, it is going to start to react immediately.
当你向某种物质中加入酸时，这种物质会立即开始发生化学反应。
We have a saying in lab that you add acid to water, do what you add to, because if you add it in the opposite direction,
在实验室里我们有一句俗语：当你把酸加入水中时，酸的性质会“遵循”它所加入的物质的性质；因为如果你以相反的方向（即把水加入酸中）进行操作，结果也会是一样的。
it starts to rip things apart in a really treacherous way.
这种力量开始以一种极其危险的方式破坏一切。
So we usually would take a body.
所以我们通常会选择一具尸体作为研究对象。
Help me out, Professor.
请帮帮我，教授。
No, we wouldn't.
不，我们不会那么做的。
We would usually take a substance and then add acid to it.
我们通常会先取一种物质，然后再向其中加入酸。
We're ready to go to work.
我们已经准备好开始工作了。
Sniffing chemicals, it's always sunny in Philadelphia.
当这些化学物质被“嗅”到时，费城仿佛总是阳光明媚的……
I'm stuck to your glue.
我好像被你的“黏性”牢牢粘住了……（比喻无法摆脱某种束缚或关系。）
What about gasoline?
汽油的情况怎么样呢？
Pour a little bit of gasoline on there, dissolve some of the glue.
往那里滴一点汽油，就能溶解掉部分胶水。
In theory, maybe gasoline could actually dissolve glue.
从理论上讲，汽油确实有可能溶解胶水。
That's basic chemistry.
这就是基础化学知识。
They have similar properties, and so it's possible that you could actually use this non -polar substance, gasoline,
它们具有相似的性质，因此你确实可以使用这种非极性物质——汽油。
to dissolve something that's also relatively non -polar, which is glue.
要溶解一种本身也属于非极性物质（即胶水）的话……
So in theory, maybe.
所以从理论上来说，也许是这样。
But there are so many things that would be better to use, and gasoline would be like the bottom of my list.
但实际上有很多其他更合适的选择可以使用，而汽油几乎可以排在我的选择列表的最末位了。
Are you sure it's gasoline though?
你确定这真的是汽油吗？
I should just try it again.
我应该再试一次。
Jesus.
耶稣……
Please don't huff gasoline at home.
请不要在家里把汽油喷得满处都是（也就是不要故意把汽油弄得到处都是）。
It's not a good high though, honestly, because the gas can get into your brain.
说实话，这种“快感”并不算什么好事，因为气体可能会进入你的大脑。