How to Put Out a Candle With Magic

by crashzoom

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Intro: How to Put Out a Candle With Magic

There are many ways to put out a candle, one of them is using vinegar and baking soda. This guide is a cool simple trick that will impress your friends and even might you teacher.

STEP 1: Watch Video


STEP 2: Materials

For this project you will need:

Vinegar.

Baking soda.

A glass.

A lighter and a candle.

STEP 3: The Trick

Start by lighting the candle.

Pour some baking soda into a glass.

Pour some vinegar over it (you'll see the reaction happening).

Now turn the glass over the candle without spilling the mixture and see the candle putted out.

STEP 4: Scientific Explanation

1 NaHCO3 + 1 HC2H3O2 → 1 CO2 + 1 H2O + 1 NaC2H3O2

The reaction between the soda and vinegar is acid-base reaction that in this case one of the products is CO2.

Carbon dioxide is a gas that is heavier than air and has no color. This is why when we turn the glass the CO2 is being poured out without our notice, then separating between the flame and the oxygen and causing it to put out.

STEP 5: That's It

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20 Comments

sithsiri 8 years ago

Now if only I could trap the gas for later use... oh yeah balloons :)

crashzoom 8 years ago

I think that a test tube would work better, since CO2 is heavier than air, the air will "spill" out of the tube leaving only CO2 in it, also gas tends to leak through balloons, but if you do try let me know what went out :)

sithsiri 8 years ago

True. Cool Instructable!

crashzoom 9 years ago

Check if it works cause it should.

crashzoom 9 years ago

I putted it in the first step ill check

crashzoom 9 years ago

No.... putting it out with your fingers is cooler.

PaleHorseRider 9 years ago

I do that. Get a piece of charcoat light it till it embers and then cool it off with my tounge.

crashzoom 9 years ago

Oh I haven't tried that, I just like putting off candles

matchley1 9 years ago

How do I watch the video

crashzoom 9 years ago

Check if it works cause it should.

crashzoom 9 years ago

It should be on the first step I'll check

starforest 9 years ago

If the title is,"How to put out a candle with magic" then why is it in the science category?

crashzoom 9 years ago

Cause it's a science experiment that might seem like magic..

rpotts2 9 years ago

covering it is no trick. a kid could see that. However, using this might seem magical until those kids take science in middle school.