Fire from Water??
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Making fire from a beaker of water!
How do I do it? Chemistry of course! This is the classic Bleach + HCl + Calcium Carbide Trick.
10-4-09: I've actually gotten a decent amount of questions about how this works, so I'll do my best to explain it. I first added some Hydrochloric Acid to a container of sodium hypochlorite solution (bleach) to create chlorine gas. I then added Calcium Carbide, which reacts with the water in the solution to produce acetylene gas. The acetylene reacts with the chlorine gas and causes the acetylene to ignite.
See my other videos to see lasers that burn things!
How do I do it? Chemistry of course! This is the classic Bleach + HCl + Calcium Carbide Trick.
10-4-09: I've actually gotten a decent amount of questions about how this works, so I'll do my best to explain it. I first added some Hydrochloric Acid to a container of sodium hypochlorite solution (bleach) to create chlorine gas. I then added Calcium Carbide, which reacts with the water in the solution to produce acetylene gas. The acetylene reacts with the chlorine gas and causes the acetylene to ignite.
See my other videos to see lasers that burn things!
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