V36 - sparkler burns under water - Wunderkerzen unter Wasser

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[Netexperimente]

you need to take 5 or 6 sparklers to make it work.

[Jrileymoto]

Need just a bit more tape....

[sootty21]

will this work if you break the powder off and burn it in canister? please reply :)

[pinguinonice]

@ gus23a

Ich denk mal beides stimmt... Hab inzwischen mal Wunderkerzen selbst gemacht und der Salpeter wird reduziert aber sicher auch ein Teil des Wasser... Die rote Flamme oben wird dann der Wasserstoff sein der mit dem Luftsauerstoff verbrennt... Die rote Flammenfaerbung kommt von den kaliumionen die der Salpeter mitbringt...

[gus23a]

@pinguinonice

nicht wirklich. die wunderkerzen brauchen ja keinen externen sauerstoff. das wasser wird nur aufgespalten durch die hitze und verbrennt schließlich wieder. siehe die rötlichen flammen über dem glas.

[princepersia1]

lmao an oxidiser ALREADY has oxygen. The only reason things don't burn is lack of oxygen. Oxygen doesn't "burn" but rather "reacts" with the chemical.

[princepersia1]

No it's because they have an oxygen source in them which is the oxidiser, that way the water doesn't affect them.

[ac0891]

You can tell she's not a smoker by the way she flicks the lighter.

[dragonridley]

I think all because they have magnesium in them.

[aidaja]

is it only german sparklers that burn under water or do all???

[ironmunky22]

I don't think the sparkler is any different, he puts tape around it so the water doesn't soke into the sparkler. since the spakler produces its own oxygen as it burns, there is no need for an outside soarce, so it can burn under water.