That little experiment!

Being a science student is tough. With all the laws in physics and the infinite reactions in chemistry, it is indeed a tough choice for subjects!
But what we miss in all this madness is that, things can be so beautiful. The practical applications of physics laws is so fascinating! And specially the compounds which form in chemistry practicals are so amazing!
I came across one multicolored solution a few months back.
It was the first time in practical lab and we were doing a salt analysis. We were given a set of bases and a salt. The acids were openly available to every student. Among the group of students, I was the first one to complete it. It came as a shock that I finished first in a acceptable manner as there were students of twice as much IQ as compared to me.
Since I now had nothing to do, I was getting bored. Being a naive student I conducted a experiment of my own. I took all the acids and all the bases and the salt and mixed them all and then ran away from it. As soon as all things mixed it spontaneously bursted into fire! I was lucky the compound didn't release NO2 or it would have been much worse. The flame was very beautiful green! And when the flame went out, a compound, an epitome of scene. It was the most beautiful thing I had seen!