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The event started (and finished) with a bang as balloons filled with hydrogen were exploded to set the theme. A range of demonstrations involving colour changes, fire, more explosions and some dramatic experiments involving both very high and very low temperatures were on show. Members of the audience were invited onto the stage to help with the mixing and burning and also wielded mallets with some dramatic destruction of fruit that had been frozen in liquid nitrogen. 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