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"Negative X" fire starts with water (Zinc, Ammonium nitrate and Sodium chloride)

video "Negative X" fire starts with water (Zinc, Ammonium nitrate and Sodium chloride)
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The famous fire starts with water experiment, in which Zinc powder, ammonium nitrate and sodium chloride mixed together. Chloride ion introduces the oxidation of Zinc and bursts into flame.

Music: That's a Wrap by Kevin MacLeod @ incompetech.com
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Nov 22, 2011. 10:23 AMrstorey says:
also works w/ aluminium and iodine powders +water. just be careful because it creates lots of sublimed iodine 'gas'

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