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Paraffin Ejection Fountain

Chapter 19: Sure-Fire Crowd Pleasers

The Burning Book of Science

Flaming Wax Wonders

Making Glass

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.

Cork Rocket Chain Reaction

Alcohol Rocketry

Sodium Peroxide and Aluminum

Ferrofluid

The Photon-Initiated Explosion

Flammable Ice

Pyrophoric Lead

Glycerine and Permanganate Torch

Chemiluminesence

Instant Light Crystals

Peroxyacetone Combustion

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Chapter 20: Oscillating Reactions

The Briggs-Rauscher Reaction

Liesegang Rings

Chapter 21: Holiday Chemistry

Lycopodium Pumpkin

Halloween Blood

Plasma Balls and other Microwave Phenomenon

The Classic Potato Cannon

Calcium Carbide Cannon

Hardening Water

Fiery Smokescreen

Making Sparklers

Strobe Pots

Silvered Ornament Balls

Silver Crystal Trees

Magnesium Sulfate (Epsom Salt) Ornaments

Candle Making

The Fiery Acoustical Tube

 

The Belousov-Zhabotinsky Oscillating Reaction

Smoke Bombs

Snowy Ballistics

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