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Other Fog and Smoke Machines

Chapter 6: Chemical Bonding

Ammonium Chloride Smoke Rings

Sodium Peroxide and Sulfur

Reaction of Chlorine and Copper

NOTE:  All videos are categorized by book chapter in "Bangs, Flashes, and Explosions".  These pages will be under continual construction as new videos are added.  Some older videos were taken with a dated digital camera and are only 5 seconds long.  These are being updated with longer, higher resolution videos.  Not all photographs, as of yet, contain active links.

Combustion of Sulfur

Reaction of Bromine with Aluminum

Nitrocellulose
(Gun Cotton)

CD/DVD "Burner"

Reaction of Iron and Sulfur

Reaction of Iron and Chlorine

Reaction of Zinc and Iodine

Reaction of Zinc and Sulfur

Combustion of Iron

Elephant Toothpaste

The Carbon Snake

Reaction of Phosphorous Pentoxide and Water

Feather-Initiated Explosion

Magnesium and Silver Nitrate Flash

Ammonium Dichromate Volcano

Chlorine/Anitimony Firefall

Magnesium Thermoluminescence

Reaction of Sodium and Chlorine

Oxidation Bangs and Flashes

Oxidation of Mg by Potassium Permanganate

Reaction of Copper Salts and Aluminum

Ripping a Soda Can

Acetylene Rockets

Chemistry of the Miner's Lamp

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Pyrophoric Silane

Chapter 7: Chemical Reactions

Alchemy: Changing Copper to Gold

Reaction of Chlorine with Aluminum

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Classroom videos of Demonstrations taken From the Pages of

Halloween Acetylene Rockets