Instructables: exploring - technology - science - fire - experiment - physics http://www.instructables.com Sun, 19 May 2013 18:05:59 PDT BLOX v1.01 How to Demonstrate Plasma Using Grapes http://www.instructables.com/id/Plasma-from-Grapes/ http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FOA/R4AI/FBU346TE/FOAR4AIFBU346TE.SQUARE2.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FOA/R4AI/FBU346TE/FOAR4AIFBU346TE.SQUARE.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FOA/R4AI/FBU346TE/FOAR4AIFBU346TE.SMALL.jpg kentchemistry.com DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME it can ruin your microwave or burn down your house. Now that the warning is out of the way. slice a grape into quarters place into microwave (turn on)for no more than 15 seconds burst of plasma with emminate from the grape stop microwave to stop reaction (unless you microwav...
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How to Make Flammable Ice (yes-solid water) http://www.instructables.com/id/Flammable-Ice/ http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F0T/R9XS/FBU346VG/F0TR9XSFBU346VG.SQUARE2.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F0T/R9XS/FBU346VG/F0TR9XSFBU346VG.SQUARE.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F0T/R9XS/FBU346VG/F0TR9XSFBU346VG.SMALL.jpg kentchemistry.com Ice is quickly added to a dry Pyrex bowl. Not Dry there is Calcium Carbide on the bottom, that is why you do it quickly. When the Ice melts the water reacts with the calcium carbide (place on the bottom) to produce acetylene gas and calcium hydroxide. The acetylene gas then explodes into flames when...
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