Gummie Bear Reaction
Ingredients: potassium chlorate, propane torch, gummy bears, test tube
Procedure: A complete recipe follows:
1. Place a small quantity of potassium chlorate in a test tube.
2. Heat the solid salt until it becomes molten, demonstrating the high melting point of ionic solids.
3. Heat the solid further until it decomposes.
4. Add a small
bit of a gummy bear to the test tube and observe the reaction
Methonal Canon
Materials:
Two-Liter Botttle (Empty)
Two 4" Nails
Hot Glue
Methanol/Ethanol (20 mL for each shot) montecarlo says the suffix -ol in methanOL already implies "alcohol". So it's either "methanol" or "methyl alcohol", but never "methanol alcohol".
Multiple Corks that fit in the top of the bottle (number of corks = number of shots)
Either a high powered Tesla-Coil or Transformer (either must be able to produce a charge great enough to jump a spark gap) note: rootbeer277 thankfully informed me to warn you all of the risks involved in a high powered transformer, please read all labels and warnings on the transformer before conducting this expirement.
Ring Stand or similar device to hold the bottle at an angle (unless you want to shoot the cork straight up)
Setup:
Poke the two nails through the middle of the bottle on opposite sides to each other until the points are roughly a centimeter apart inside the bottle.
Hot glue around the nails so that there is no way for air to escape.
Make sure the glue is dry and add the alcohol to the bottle, cork and shake vigorously.
The alcohol should all dissolve in the air of the bottle, if not you've added too much, but no worries, it will just either combust or stay in the bottom following the reaction.
Stand the bottle up at the angle you want the cork to shoot at (preferably not at anything you don't want broken). You may also want to set up a blast shield just in case the nails are loose enough to come out.
Set up the tesla-coil/transformer in a circuit that causes a spark to form between the two nails. This will ignite the alcohol vapors inside the bottle, causing the cork to rocket from the bottle.
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