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Topic started 14 years ago by drewhiggins in Your Blue Room. Since then 5,050 posts have been made by 32 users.

LikeASong

13 years

Originally posted by Mr_TrekHow did you prepare stearin/aceton?

I didn't prepare it. We have plenty of these at uni (in fact, this photo is from my university):
Mr_Trek

13 years

Did you just pour aceton on the candle right before?
LikeASong

13 years

Nope. I just soaked the polyestyrene with acetone and then ignited the sticky mixture.
Mr_Trek

13 years

Ok. That's what i asked to know. Thanks.

Chemistry is a lot of fun. Just like physics.
LikeASong

13 years

Chemistry is the coolest of all the science It owes all to Physics though

I just realized that I have to try to ignite a pingpong ball covered with acetone-soaked polystyrene hahahaha
Mr_Trek

13 years

lol There's a pyromaniac inside everyone.
LikeASong

13 years

Inside? I'd doubt that

Nah, just kidding. I don't burn things just for the sake of it: I only burn things which might be useful or interesting to know from a purely chemical point of view.

Regarging your supposed "hydrogen bomb", I have two negative points for you:
a) hydrogen gas isn't precisely easy to get.
b) that way is dirty and very little elegant.

I have the solution for both
iTim

13 years

Put a grape in the microwave, always a crowd pleaser.
LikeASong

13 years

Originally posted by iTimPut a grape in the microwave, always a crowd pleaser.

Legendary
Mr_Trek

13 years

a) There's hydrogen gas at school. What was your suggestion anyway?
b) Forgive my crude methods, what do you prefer?
LikeASong

13 years

a) A school with hydrogen gas?!?!?! God, no wonder why Sweden is the country with the highest human development index!!!!!
b) Hydrochloric acid + aluminium. Both affordable substances which give utterly cool -and potentially dangerous- experiments.
Mr_Trek

13 years

Yeah, of course there's hydrogen gas at school. Our teacher have used it just for show a few times too, awesome!!

We're pretty well equipped for laboration

What do you do with your HCl and aluminium? We use plenty of HCl at school.

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