Breaking Bad: 10 Behind The Scenes Facts You Didn't Know
6. The Chemistry Is Not Respected
"The chemistry must be respected," growls Water White to Gus Fring in one of their tense exchanges. The irony of this statement considering the show's fairly lax approach to real world science would not be lost on Heisenberg.
One of the most memorable scenes from the show is the birth of Heisenberg, as he introduces himself under this alter ego to Tuco before using a chemical known as mercury fulminate, disguised as his blue meth, to create an explosion. Since the debut of this season one episode, Gilligan has admitted "I've since learned that mercury fulminate does not blow up just by throwing it against the linoleum floor; it doesn't go off quite that easily."
MythBusters applied a similar level of scrutiny to the show's dramatic shot of a bath tub falling through the ceiling as hydrofluoric acid has burned straight through it. After some thorough experiments they reached the conclusion that the powerful acid was not able to fully dissolve through organic matter (such as flesh), the bath, the floor or the ceiling. As for the blue crystal meth, it has been heavily documented by multiple scientists that it would be impossible without blue colour dye to achieve this striking colour.