Pillar of Fire, Flaming Vortex- Turntable #1

This demonstration shows the Coriolis Effect.
I use a turntable, with a wire screen attached, and a metal pan to contain the flames. After the fire is lit and the screen is attached the chair is spun (simulating the Earth's rotation). The air inside the screen is trapped by the screen (simulating the atmosphere being held in by Earth's gravity). As the chair spins the air inside begin to move in a spiral pattern (in part due to the Coriolis Effect and in part due to convection currents causing the hot air to rise) which provides more air (specifially oxygen) to "fan/fuel" the fire. The flames then rise in a spiral/corkscrew/vortex.
In this case a record player is used as the turntable. The flames are smaller than the version I did with a desk chair, but the flame is able to get higher here because the screen is reinforced.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• pillar
• fire
• flame
• spiral
• vortex
• corkscrew
• inferno
• Coriolis
• effect
• force
• earth
• science
• sci
• chemistry
• chem
• demo
• demonstration
• sully
• russia
• flammable
• turntable
• turn
• table
• record
• player
• chair
• spin
• flaming
• convection
• current
• hot
• air
• rises
• fiery
• tornado

[lifeofrileycardigan]

@chinochivista failllllllll

[chinochivista]

thats wicked ...first comment ....yes