When I was in graduate school, I studied rockets quite a bit, specifically the nozzle section. We had an experiment set up we called the “glass rocket” because the burning section was made of acrylic, and it was really only used to amaze people when they come in to tour our lab. Although that I wasn’t able to get a video made of that particular rocket, I found one even better that not only shows the same principle and experiment, but also shows you how to built one yourself… if you really know what you are doing.
I can imagine most folks not being able to build one of these themselves… it is a bit intimidating! The video below shows you how to build a much easier version using yeast, hydrogen peroxide, and pasta. The pasta contains hydrocarbons and serves the same purpose as the acrylic in the previous video (above).
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Very interesting how hot was that getting?And was that white fire?: )
sooooooooooooo
cool