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Tuesday, 15 August 2017

hands on fire

The purpose of this experiment to learn how to follow instructions and BE SAFE.
DO NOT TRY THIS WITHOUT SUPERVISION OF A TRAINED PROFESSIONAL.

Aim:
I want to safely be able to set myself on fire.

Equipment:
water
soap (detergent)
lighter
safety glasses
lab coat

Method:
1.  Be SAFE.
2.  Wet your hands, wrists and forearms.
3.  Grab a scoop of bubbles.
4.  Hold the bubbles up in front of your face, as far away from you as you can. Lock your elbows.












5.  To get rid of the fire, SLOWLY move your hands a part.












6.  DO NOT DROP YOUR HANDS BELOW YOUR EYE LEVEL because fire goes up and you will set yourself on fire.


Results:

What happened?

there was a large ball orange of fire. it was orange because it was burning calcium chloride
heat wave moved faster up than the flame because of the density of the heat wave
the flame went up because of the density of the flame
you could smell smoke and smoke of the fast reaction not all of gas had time to fully evaporate

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