Scientific Tuesdays: Easy Colored Fire

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In this episode of Scientific Tuesdays, we demonstrate how to create colored flames using cheap and easily accessible items.

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Note: We do the experiments so you don't have to! Always be safe and research experiments fully before attempting anything and always have a professional or teacher assist you.

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  • What if they mix all 3 things together

  • 1:37 I saw an orange flame, ARE MY EYES BROKEN!!!

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  • i did the same thing but it turned green for 1 sec and turned back

    

  • @iceingcupcake atleast it worked

  • is there supposed to be a ratio to follow?is there supposed to be more of the salt to the methanol or methanol to salt?

  • with the no salt, because it's a blue flame, is it hotter then normal?

  • Methanol is not magic. Could even use brandy.

  • Would be nice if colors were related to element emission spectra.

    Could have done many more to make more interesting. Also relating to fireworks would have added to narrative.

    Calcium (lime from garden store) red

    Copper (root killer from hardware store) blue

    Iron (iron supplement pills) gold

    Sodium (salt) intense yellow

    Zinc (zinc oxide cream) bluish green

    Do more!

  • wonder what happend if you burn them all together do you get purple?! or better yet black fire!

  • Why the fuck don't you know how to pour liquids!?!?!?

  • germex will do the no salt thing- plus u dont have to search this shit up, just grab it at ur school, noone will notice :P

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