Burning petroleum jelly

I test to see if you can burn petroleum jelly.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• science
• health
• drewywonder
• petroleum
• jelly

[drewywonder]

Good point! I will have to heat it up a little bit more.

[Aquadagr8]

Hey rocket scientist.....You have to get it to reach a certain temp. before it'll ignite. He didn't prove anything.

[drewywonder]

Good point! I will have to heat it up a little bit more.

[rikua]

it IS flammable. You broke the fire tetrahedron. Not enough air between the jelly particles.

[ro66e]

Try setting fire to candle wax or lamp oil like this and and nothing will happen either.

To burn under normal atmospheric conditions, these heavy hydrocarbons need the aid of a wick of some kind to make contact with the oxigen in the air.

Put a little bit on the cotton swab and then light it !

[welcha83]

I've made torches form petroleum jelly. They work quite well.

[Just2pisUoff]

Thanks for the effort.

[ericgrau]

This isn't very smart. I use vaseline to start fires all the time. You can't burn fuels that don't have vapor without a wick, because there isn't enough air.

[TheFootballFan09]

I really like your video, your quite an intelligent guy

[Ungmonable]

2:07 to actually watch the lighting

[theimperfect1000]

put the vaseline on some toilet tissue in very thin coats. it will burn...very slowly, it really is a good burner :)

[plinthman]

If you mix vaseline with gasoline it's highly flammable. It's basically Napalm.

[fruitydudexD]

whats the name of the credits song? xP

[uNamed2lyfe]

if i put petroleum jelly all around my rubiks cube...

will it burn wildly? i mean like flames everywhere.

also, will it burn my hand?

[ninjabok]

i didn't know candle wax was a petroleum biproduct, thanks for the info.