Combustible gases in balloons

[pauls0416]

Hahaha... that's crazy to light a H2 and O2 mixture at such close range!

[LADjsim]

0:39 the look on his face....he's like "i dk wtf elts you kids expect..."

[ThespeedyHD]

COMBUSTABLE LEMON!

[DarkGlitchX]

It seemed that the Hydrogen + Oxygen mixture was much more powerful. Could this be used in a combustion engine?

[ApolloWasReal]

@DarkGlitchX The H2/O2 mixture was actually less powerful because there was less H2 in that balloon. The difference was that the hydrogen burned much more quickly since it was already thoroughly mixed with O2. The pure H2 had to mix with O2 in the atmosphere before burning so it burned more slowly. Yes, this could indeed be done in an internal combustion engine, but what's the point? H2 is difficult to store, and it has better uses than internal combustion engines, e.g., fuel cells.

[goldenpizza]

@ApolloWasReal The H2 + O2 WAS more powerful. I was there. Remember, liquid fuel rockets use H2+O2 combo, not just H2. Care to guess why? Its more powerful.

Also, there is compressed Hydrogen currently being used as vehicle fuel in a few test cities (specifically Los Angeles) . The storage is sImilar to the tanks used for CNG.

[ApolloWasReal]

@goldenpizza The H2+O2 balloon was more powerful in the sense that it reacted more quickly, yes. Powerful in the sense that it made a louder boom, yes. But not more powerful in terms of the total energy it put out. If not for the O2 in the air, the H2 filled balloon wouldn't have reacted at all. It just reacted more slowly.

Yes, I know about H2 powered fuel cells. Note that the tanks contain pure H2, not a H2/O2 mixture, which would be extremely dangerous. They get the O2 from the air.

[Me102288]

@DarkGlitchX yes,, its been proven many times.

[rEdf196]

I went to a party and saw sealed ziplock bags filled with oxyigen and acedelene and dropped on an open camp fire they made a VERY loud boom. set lots of burgler and car alarms off also made a very strong shock wave.

[chaterbox0]

What about Nitrus???

[goldenpizza]

@chaterbox0 You mean NitrOx aka nitrous oxide NO2.

When heated sufficiently (like a piston) N2O decomposes exothermically to N2 and O2 .If this reaction occurs in the combustion chamber of an automobile, 3 moles of gas would be produced from 2 moles, providing an extra boost to the piston, as well as liberating more heat. There is a necessity of heat (fuel) to cause this reaction. It would not work the same in a balloon.

[ApolloWasReal]

@goldenpizza I think maybe he meant a mixture of H2 and N2O? Although N2O won't support life, it does behave as a good oxidizer. Add the exothermic decomposition of N2O and it should create a most impressive bang.

[darkndfate]

dont play with fire..... rofl.....

[fifafreak310258]

What is the apparatus called, which you made to pop the balloon?

[goldenpizza]

@fifafreak310258 "candle on a stick" ?

[Fourteen88SoCal]

@goldenpizza lol

[zombieslave1]

ow :Pi was wearing the in-ear headphones the ones for base and oxygen and hydrogen hurt :( frowny face

[canfield16]

cool! 

[canfield16]

cool!

[The1TrueWaterwarrior]

Knew the hydrogen and oxygen one would be huge. to make big booms, you need air for the fire.

[nbm408]

i see a face at 1:30

[godulous]

Surprising that the candle didn't get extinguished by the rush from the explosions.

[deaftodd]

@godulous I think from the explosion have created a vacuum or low pressure space in the center that eventually sucks the surrounding air and flame back in. Very quick.

[frozenadam69]

isnt hydrogen and ozegen supposed to make water(h2o)

[goldenpizza]

@frozenadam69 yes. it does when burned together. remember water can be a vapor too.

[silvereagile2061]

0:40 wtf

[matthewmarrs123]

that was intense dude great video.

[kooliomama]

Doesnt hydrogen and oxygen make water?!?!??!?!

[blobblesanimations]

woo candle on a stick baby!

[cloefan29]

Will it burn... that is the question

[Montymio]

OOH! Hydrogen + Helium! HYDROGEN + HELIUM!

[sjjdiienno1]

dont try this at home...my ass i wont try it!! this is cool

[Tankbustabro]

Put the Oxygen and Hydrogen together and you got rocket fuel :P

[rathat48]

1:16  WATER BALLOON!

[laurariddle292]

Can you be my science teacher? LOL XD

I wouldn't mind exploding balloons for experiments.

[HHOButterSkate]

haha hydrogen made the camera go out of focus

[savannahrocx]

@HHOButterSkate maybe it was the heat

[catipolX]

I wonder why water doesn't explode into a fireball?

[dzgfdg]

@catipolX ur an idiot

[catipolX]

@dzgfdg sorry I just had to laugh when you said that

[dzgfdg]

@catipolX lol

[antonc81]

Doing it on a smaller scale in a glass beaker has the added advantage of being able to see the H2O vapour that condenses on the glass... though the effect isn't nearly as impressive :)

[L33tProduct1ons]

Holycrap look at 1:34

[xXCREEKSTARXx]

Hydro and Oxy were best :D

[isaiah322]

the gases reignited it

[dewalt23293]

oxygen and acetylene is crazy mixture

[Nexmofo]

You can easily produce hydrogen by mixing readily available HCl and a reactive metal such as aluminum (this can be very dangerous if you don't know what you're doing, so educate yourself first). Oxygen is easy to produce also, get some hydrogen peroxide (you use it to clean wounds) from the pharmacy and add the black stuff that you find inside ordinary zinc/carbon batteries. It will start bubbling and they will all be pure oxygen.

[mastermakerhacker]

@Nexmofo

Yeah, the reaction i believe is very exorthermic, plus HCl is really nothing to mess with, but im not sure about the Aluminum Chloride leftover, also a lil bit of chlorine is made but not in large enough amounts to be deadly i believe....

[Gimpible]

WOW you Wold Think On The Hydrogen On There Would Be SOME Balloon Left...

[Envergure]

I had the pleasure of performing this demo as a grade 12 student on "grade 8 day". We set the teacher's desk on fire in front of all the grade 8s who were shopping for a high school! Best day ever!

[perovic123]

lol this is good

[KennyGhosts1]

hydrogen and oxygen sounds like a grennade

[11to]

the last won was nice

[luckyissosexii]

thats frikkkkkkin sexi!!!

[Maggieduda1]

sweet

[jaaams]

we do this in the chemistry class but we do it with weather balloons and do it in the cafe you can hear the explosion in the gym which is on the other side of the building it is extremely loud?

[papapap2]

pure oxygen is explosive. not flamable. u should put smiley faces on ur balloons. or frowney faces

[bustincapz]

uhh thats completly wrong when something detonates it just comes upart instantly oxygen is o2 so is not explosive

[pai0laz]

candle....stick....ballon

ha thats funny...for me

[NamesROverated]

he curses at 1:31

[Jimmymcjimthejim]

AWESOME.

[Ep1demicGaming]

ROFL @ 0:39

[AirForcedude5]

you do better than a lot of people here. trust me.

[AirForcedude5]

did you know that pure oxygen isn't flammable?

[dtechdude]

that is true, because oxygen is an oxidizer, and oxidizers aren't flammable. They need to be mixed with a fuel in order to burn, and the product has oxygen in it. Fire needs 3 things, ignition, fuel, and oxygen.

like in the video: 2H2+O2+heat=2H2O

[Rallscrawls]

technicalities...

[Terje1337]

80% hydrogen

20% oxygen bigger boom

[BarrykeNL]

lol @ "Candle. Stick. Baloon!"

BOOM!

[driftx2]

my chem professor did this in our class.. it was soo cool!

[PowerPrem]

This gives me a idea for up coming birthday party.

[Xxero0]

hydrogen + oxygen = O_O

[WORLDREIGN]

lol

[goldenpizza]

explosions have such a wow factor.

[alwinovich]

lol will it burn

combustible gasses

[coolboy1210]

Dose anyone see a face at 1:30 well i do O.O

[goldenpizza]

Its the face of... (fill in with your favorite religious leader)!

[coolboy1210]

it look like a skull to my O.O

[7tss7]

@goldenpizza that is so true...

[weirdone17]

@goldenpizza ITS THE FACE OF SATAN! (MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA) lol hes not my fav jkjk

[Dragaron]

Well, I do see a face, but not a person face.. It was a panda

[ripetomatoes]

@coolboy1210 o.0 thats kinda creepy.

[spotlightman1234]

@coolboy1210 it looks like santa

[Kombatkill]

@coolboy1210 I don't see anything, you trippin'

[zekogroundzero]

@coolboy1210 me too O__O D:

[BlueFlame1365]

try one with methane.

and what my teacher did is he soaked the balloon string in alcohol then lit the bottom of the string and the flame crawled up to the balloon and set it off

[Marcooftw]

Mixtures of oxygen and Hydrogen or oxygen and acetylene explode violently and can provide serious hearing injuries if not handled correctly. Always wear protective mask and hearing protection, as the mixture even might explode when u mix the 2 gasses. Just a tiny spark created from rubbing the balloon is enough to start the reaction.

[theDaftman]

Thank you for this video. I was just considering doing some kind of tests like this but I think you have covered everything I needed to know.

[Mushu909]

did i hear water drops flying around on the hydrogen and oxygen one?

[goldenpizza]

I dont think so. My ears muffs may have deaden that to me at the time.

[Hakidia]

nah that was probably just the big chunks of balloon

[redtail5]

these sound like gunshot sounds for films, lol

[goldenpizza]

the mic did not pick up the deafing booms.

[redtail5]

lol

[Samael78]

the creeping candle of doom!

[goldenpizza]

lol.

[kqguardian]

how about helium lol

[goldenpizza]

Yeah.

For those who dont know Helium is inert, it will not combine (react) with anything.

[atelic5]

that hydrogen/oxygen one sounds like my butt when it's in slow motion...

[Skiaffo]

HAHAHAHAHAHAH

[eliezeralvangallegos]

Kraaaaayzy!

so oxygen and hydrogen equals bigger louder bOoM!??

[thewelderdude]

Jamie want big boom!

[redtail5]

lol

[BirdValiant]

I'm just explaining the premise behind the video to all who don't know. Oh, and the oxygen balloon limps down because oxygen is heavier than air, since it has a molecular mass of about 32 g/mol and the average molecular mass of (dry) air is about 29. Again, this is for informative purposes.

[BirdValiant]

Explanation: the H2 and O2 combination made the biggest bang because it had purer oxygen available when compared to the pure hydrogen one, which had to rely on the oxygen in the air. The oxygen one didn't combust because it didn't have anything to react with.

2H2 + O2 --> 2H2O

[UnpredictableProduct]

@BirdValiant so, to put it VERY simply, the O oxidized the H, therefore giving it more BANG.

[moneybags1223334444]

holy shit'

[22ms22]

that was cool! the h+o souded insanly loud even through my computer.

[goldenpizza]

Thanks, glad you liked it.

[Daritto7117]

Dude..that was really cool (Slow-mo)..keep it up!!:)