Isn't there something cool you can do with zinc
like make it explode fairly easily? Might be thinking of the wrong thing. Explosions were the only thing that piqued my interest in chemistry.
( routine and Pantene, Wed 3 Jan 2007, 16:57, archived)

you're thinking
of TNT
( Far Out Slave last ate at, Wed 3 Jan 2007, 17:03, archived)