Invisible Hydogen Flame!!!

Here's a plastic bottle that I've filled with hydrogen and oxygen. The flame is only visible when the bottle is squeezed and the flame is exposed to air.

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[kadeemknight]

what temperature does this occur at and how did you produce the hydrogen and oxygen by electrolysis?

[FearTurtles]

Hydrogen burns at a low temp Something like 350-375 deg F. Heat from the flame does not radiate like with other gasses. When the flame come into contact with other materials it reacts so as to creat the needed heat to burn.

[justinaurelius]

so an internal combustion engine running on Hydrogen wouldn't get as hot and would probably start better when cold?

[tangledmess]

@justinaurelius Yep

[tangledmess]

@FearTurtles This is why I can hold the bottle

[tangledmess]

@kadeemknight I don't know how hot it is. Yep, electrolysis.

[cooltv4]

cool now imagine an invisible flame thrower

[DylanAndersen]

that would be badass

[lyrison]

@lola93671 But they still have to be forced into reactions, even if it is as simple as introducing another substance.

[lola93671]

@lyrison hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine react easily

[lyrison]

@TylerReifenberger5 Bipolar???

[lyrison]

@lola93671 First: Wikipedia is not a "legit" website. And second: No gas will react unless it's forced to.

[lola93671]

@lyrison Nitrogen is actually inert cos it does not react easily unless its forced to, if you don't believe me check Wikipedia or some other legit website

[lyrison]

@Tyraeous I'm EXTREMELY pedantic, just ask my friends. I know, for all intents and purposes, nitrogen is inert in external combustion, but it is NOT an inert gas.

[Tyraeous]

@lyrison - Pedantic much?