Glycerine and KMnO4 2

Another vigorous reaction similar to the one at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idEiYQNHv1I

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• glycerine
• KMnO4
• reaction

[CarnalDiafragma]

What happens if you use Glycine instead of glycerine? i've tried it with anti-freeze, but of course that isn't pure Glycine. It formed a lot of smoke but there were no blue flames, and it couldn't ignite thermite.

[ProfFEricK]

I've heard that anti-freeze will also do the trick. Maybe it didn't work because of the wrong ratio of anti-freeze vs KMnO4, I have tried several times too before shooting. The flame is hard to light up in windy environment too(especially if you do it outdoors, which you should). I don't know if the shape of the container will affect the result.

P.S. Are you sure the active ingredient of anti-freeze is glycine?

P.S.2. The blue flame might be caused by the burning of both KMnO4 and plastic cup.

[Sgrunterundt]

Glycine is an amino acid, and will not react with KMnO4. Antifreeze is ethylene glycol (1,2 ethanediol), and should react in the same way as glycerol (1,2,3 propanetriol). Commercial antifreeze is likely to contain a lot of water, methanol and misc. reducing the effectiveness.

[ProfFEricK]

Yes, that's exactly what I thought.

[230rida]

what the hell is KMnO4

[ProfFEricK]

KMnO4 is the chemical formula of potassium permanganate

[darkdjo]

Incredible :)

[jjkul1]

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[Agentoxedo07]

Holy-Terrorist:>mmm, not oxyde, oxide in

english language, annd the other oxidizer

using, is cupper oxide(CuO)

and website info in

wikipedia,org

[Agentoxedo07]

Holy-Terrorist:>Thermite reaction is,

The aluminium(Al) powder with

other oxydizer, habitually is iron oxyde(Fe2O3)

For the reaction

Fe2O3 + Al2 = Al2O3 + Fe2

and veery hot in the 2,500°C

me language is french *=*

[xxMadBomberxx]

Awesome...

[Mrluisao17]

yes

[jjkul1]

هلا

reasearch thermite reaction

[Kuwaiti55]

it is hot enough to ignite Thermit