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George Goble + Charcoal Grill + Liquid Oxygen = My Hero

The Algebra of Stupidity

February 22, 2005 7:20:10 PM from JoeUser ForumsJoeUser Forums

     Some time ago (might have been years to be honest) I stumbled across this experiment conducted by George Goble of Purdue University. This is the sort of thing that I would love to try but my sense of self-preservation along with a heavy dose of laziness keeps  me from doing. Maybe my aluminum smelting buddy SPC NBS will try it?

Now thats cooking!

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Reply #1 February 22, 2005 8:36:26 PM
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Woo Hoo! Looks like fun!
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Reply #2 February 22, 2005 9:02:13 PM
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Wow, that looks like some science!
What is that? It's science!
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Reply #3 February 22, 2005 9:33:05 PM
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ummmm......where can I get some liquid oxygen?............just asking of course............

p.s. did finally pour my furnace today, blog to follow
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Reply #4 February 23, 2005 10:01:03 PM
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Wow! Did you read the bit about pre-soaking the briquettes in LOX? I'd like to try THAT.
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Reply #5 February 24, 2005 10:28:58 AM
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I'd like to try THAT.

just make sure someone is taking pictures (because you likely wouldn't survive!)

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Reply #6 May 4, 2005 8:37:59 AM
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Yikes! Now that's a fire! Looks like a Tim Taylor project
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Reply #7 May 8, 2005 6:32:28 PM
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This is better than anything I have ever done in Chemistry. Although there was the one time I took out a ceiling tile. I was doing an "experiment" where I would put about 35mL of isopropyl alcohol in a large water bottle (like from a watercooler), and swirl it around so it would coat the sides and begin to vaporize. Then I would ignite the vapours with a candle on the end of a metre stick. For some reason, the concussive force of the escaping gases was extrodinarily powerful that time, and knocked the ceiling tile down, on top of a few beakers. To compund things, I was on crutches from a prior foot injury at the time.

I still love burning things, though
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