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Turpentine Fire
Action:
From a medicine dropper you allow a few drops of liquid to fall into a beaker. Flames shoot upward with smoke.
You Need:
Why:
Rapid oxidation and combustion of turpentine takes place when the liquid is in contact with the acids.
How:
Cautiously mix the acids in the beaker. Hold the dropper containing the turpentine about two feet above the beaker. When drops strike the acid mixture, flames rise to a height of four to six inches.
Caution:
Handle the concentrated acids with great care. Fumes and smoke produce make the domonstration one that shoul dbe performed with sufficient ventilation.
Addendum:
I would love to perform this demonstration several times while doubling the amount of material each time.....Hmmmm......
Page 68 & 69 of Chemical Magic, second edition, by Leonard A. Ford. Revised by E. Winston Grundmeier and published by Dover Publications, Inc., New York, # 0-486-67628-5.