Indoor Hydrogen Rocket

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The picture may look like a mushroom cloud, but it is actually a can filled with hydrogen exploding. The can is fired into the ceiling. This demonstration still needs just a little improvement in the area of safety (but it looks really cool). The Problem-The partial pressure of hydrogen drops as the gas escapes and is replaced with air. This causes the reaction to be an explosion insead of a flame. Hydrogen is a tempermental element like that.

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do u alow students to experiment with u
cuz that was cool man ,the time i saw this experiment the teacher did it with a littel test tube and u can only hear its sound someting like a pop it really sucked
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wow
kool
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All science teachers are twisted...
...or that's what my kids say. They think I'm nuts to put my bare hand into liquid nitrogen and scoop some out on the floor. I think it's fun.
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better suggestion
use rubber balloon and fill in pure hydrogen, it's much safer than using metal can that can cause fragment wound
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no wonder
u kno alot of things ur a chemistry teacher
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