Chemistry experiment 13 - Hydrogen balloon

A balloon filled with hydrogen gas is lit.

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Science & Technology

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• chemistry
• experiment
• hydrogen
• gas
• balloon
• explosion
• fire

[sil3ntsp3ct3r]

To all those who dont know... The fastest, easiest, and cheapest way to make hydrogen balloons is to put muriatic acid (a common form of HCl that can be found at any hardware store) in a glass soda bottle with crumpled aluminum foil and put balloon over the bottle's neck. To avoid shattered glass, use one bottle per balloon. Have a nice day :D

[counterpunch101]

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[kw757]

@counterpunch101 You might want to go back to school! Idiot!!

[counterpunch101]

@MarioKartFan2132 You are absolutely correct. While hydrogen can't form hydrogen bonds with itself it does bond covalently. Great job. I've been using muriatic acid & tin foil. It so exothermic thou it fractures my glassware even while in ice water. The reason I do it this way is b/c with the NaOH it seems to take forever. Any suggestions to incorporate some speed in the NaOH Rx or how to keep the glass from fragging?

[MarioKartFan2132]

@counterpunch101 H2 is not Helium, Helium is He. H2 means two hydrogen atoms bonded together (Hydrogen gas is only found in bonds, It makes them more stable).

[counterpunch101]

You might want to peek back at that periodic table in the foreground. H2 is helium & not combustible. Hydrogen is H1, the very first element listed on the chart, and very combustible.

[MegaGamer30001]

what is the quickest way to make hydrogen?

[loko95ftp]

@MegaGamer30001

sodium hydroxide not water you can use water put you need electricity to seperate the hydrogen bong

[MegaGamer30001]

so is this water and aluminium that makes hydrogen?

[pauls0416]

@yumenokoyume Yeah, the way you make hydrogen from pure water, without dangerous chemicals is with a PEM electrolyzer, which is basically a fuel cell working in reverse. The only problem is they're expensive.