Acetylene Explosion

by Big Ben on January 21, 2009

A demonstration of the explosive potential of even a small amount of acetylene mixed with the right amount of oxygen. Presented in Carleton University’s CHEM 1000 course.

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Anonymous 01.21.09 at 12:12 pm

stfu

Anonymous 01.21.09 at 12:12 pm

cut the crap, suckhole.

Anonymous 01.21.09 at 12:12 pm

Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada

Anonymous 01.21.09 at 12:12 pm

so then why do the ones with more more hydrogen have more calorific value if the triple bonded ones are more reactive.

Anonymous 01.21.09 at 12:12 pm

he makes science fun

Anonymous 01.21.09 at 12:12 pm

Five stars great presentation and lecture.

Why didn’t my chem teachers do this?

Anonymous 01.21.09 at 12:12 pm

fuck chem lab, i have my own torch set, i get to play with acetylene whenever the hell i want =]

haha its funny when cutting pipes, and tube metal, cause if you just got up and arnt really paying attention, and angle it wrong, get it too close, w.e
sometime the flame will go out
and start to fill the pipe
then reignite from the sparking pipe
and send the thing flying across the room if your not using clamps, vise, etc xD

Anonymous 01.21.09 at 12:12 pm

were is this class???

Anonymous 01.21.09 at 12:12 pm

i think we did this in our chem lab, but with really small amt of c=c (that’s 3 bonds)

Anonymous 01.21.09 at 12:12 pm

just become a welder if you like this kind of stuff you have to work with actylene and propane all the time and can experiance things like that first hand but you dont get an explosion instead you get alot of heat and can cut steel with it.

Anonymous 01.21.09 at 12:12 pm

sweet

Anonymous 01.21.09 at 12:12 pm

That explosion sounded so hilariously huge for such a small balloon.

Anonymous 01.21.09 at 12:12 pm

I want to go to his class!

Anonymous 01.21.09 at 12:12 pm

stud

Anonymous 01.21.09 at 12:12 pm

that’s what i call wicked organic!

Anonymous 01.21.09 at 12:12 pm

Ok this teacher was where when i was in school i might have paid attention

Anonymous 01.21.09 at 12:12 pm

what an awesome teacher!!!!

Anonymous 01.21.09 at 12:12 pm

lol a big ass tourch to light a little match hehe

Anonymous 01.21.09 at 12:12 pm

we did this in my chem class with a test tube instead of a ballon

Anonymous 01.21.09 at 12:12 pm

like anything you have to weed through the crap to find the gold….. don’t bash youtube.

Anonymous 01.21.09 at 12:12 pm

youtube is an excellent tool when it is used for intelligent purposes such as this and other science vids. its just sad that there are far more that abuse this tool.

Anonymous 01.21.09 at 12:12 pm

That is predominantly true, but there will also be some products of incomplete combustion (PICS), which for acetylene (HCCH) include at least carbon monoxide (CO) and formaldehyde (CHOH) and concievably others. You can also get soot (carbon) if there is not enough oxygen available (either premixed in or through diffusion). With this little amount, there wouldn’t be enough PICS to hurt anybody though.

Anonymous 01.21.09 at 12:12 pm

lol

Anonymous 01.21.09 at 12:12 pm

i can just imagine.

Anonymous 01.21.09 at 12:12 pm

Cool Video!!!!!!!!

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