Carbide Cannon 03

Ballistics day is a break from the normal routine for my seniors in physics and features entertaining stories from my father. This video shows my father's carbide cannon at work with commentary from my father explaining the workings of the cannon. No projectiles are being fired form this cannon and proper safety precautions have been taken. The basic chemisty: CaC2 + 2H2O → Ca(OH)2 + C2H2. The acetylene gas is flammable and then ignited with a sparker, which burns: 2 C2H2 + 5 O2 → 4 CO2 + 2 H2O.
Side Note: my father belows the exhaust gases out of the cannon at the end of the video and he began to reset the cannon for a second firing but the batteries on the camera died.

After getting many requests for directions I had my father type them up and they are available here: http://bit.ly/CarbideCannon

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• physics
• ballistic
• ballistics
• day
• sully
• Sully
• Russia
• russia
• cannon
• calcium
• carbide
• explosion
• acetylene

[waterchildtera]

what is the materiel it is built from?

iron, steel,

ABS,PVC or ?

[mrericsully]

@waterchildtera PVC, painted black.

See the video description for a link to directions for building or see other comments from me on this and my other carbide cannon videos.

[CreQ]

your dad whiffs acetylene gas!!! lol

[mrericsully]

@CreQ Exhales to clear the waste gas and get it ready faster to fire again.

[bacdaddy]

lmao. you look like a coke head at the end. sniffing the burnt gasses

[kazack66]

lol gupowder the new drug u sniff lol joke. nice canon tho.

[munky40903805]

WTF!, looks like im the only one to realize that hes blowing it...

[PricklyPete10]

Just like a kid, after it blows up, get a good wiff...smells like.....victory!

[kipkay211]

MY CAR!!!!!

[flicflakrunner]

the sound it's like a baby gun

[bushisbest1999]

i was wonderin what that bang was at the walmart last week.

seriously its cool and did u do it in the parking lot?

[DigitalDignity]

Pull the plug and kiss it

[leeham991]

Well that was random.

[Rannyfash]

Mmm inhaling hot co2