These are some of our favorite demos! Yes, all our favorite demos involve fire.
- Spooooooky Halloween Spooooktacular
- I feel the title is explanation enough
- RIP Harold
- Ammonium Dichromate Volcano
- Decomposition of ammonium dichromate results in a fantastic reaction that looks like an actual volcano!
- Ammonium Dichromate Volcano.pdf
- Combustion of Ethanol
- Compare the combustion of ethanol in a small dish to the combustion of ethanol vapors. When liquids are flammable, their vapors are explosive!
- Combustion of Ethanol Vapor.pdf
- Ether Fire
- Demonstrate the combustion of ether by allowing the vapor to flow from a can down an inclined trough to a candle, resulting in a vapor flashback fire.
- Ether Fire.pdf
- Flame Tests
- Introduce various metal salts (e.g. NaCl, SrCl2, CuCl2) into an open flame to produce brilliant colors associated with exciting metal cations.
- Flame Tests.pdf
- Goblet of Fire
- Methanol and boric acid are mixed to form a methyl ester that burns with a bright green flame
- Goblet of Fire.pdf
- Meissner Effect
- Demonstrate the levitation of a tiny magnet over a superconductor.
- Meissner Effect.pdf
- Methane Bubbles Plus XTREME
- Ignite large soap bubbles filled with CH4 – this gets a “wow!” even from jaded college students! Then ignite a tower of methane-filled soap bubbles to produce a pillar of flame 3-5m high. As seen on Mythbusters!
- Combustion of Methane Bubbles.pdf
- Methane Bubbles XTREME.pdf
- Potassium and Water
- The reaction between potassium and water is extremely vigorous, so much so that it lights the hydrogen gas produced on fire and burns with a lavender flame.
- Potassium and Water.pdf