Burning Ice

This is a video of a propane clathrate hydrate prepared by undergraduate students at University of California Irvine. Because propane has been trapped in the ice clathrate, the ice is able to burn as seen. For more information, visit the Janda Research Lab at http://chem.ps.uci.edu/~kcjanda/index.htm

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• Burning
• Ice
• clathrates
• propane
• UCI
• Chemistry

[reidksmith]

By trapping the propane within the ice, the propane is released as the ice burns.

Burning the ice is only something cool you can do with the clathrate. One of the main benefits of trapping gas in clathrates is the fact that the solid takes up less space than the gas itself. So, you can ship more gas in a small container.

[reidksmith]

when was the last time you saw a marshmellow burn that long, and never go brown?

[threelegduck]

a girl i met told me that methane clahrate is in the bottom of the sea

[Rickyrab]

RAGNAROK

[AnselmoFanZero]

@threelegduck

Wish I would meet more girls knowing such facts -.-

They thought, that was the cause for dissapearing planes and boats within bermuda triangle...

[JobbleJobbo]

lolwut



[Raptor052]

Reminds me of methane hydrate, fire ice is so awesome

[ZaRcOmEn2]

o my god esta mas dificil de creer k cuando vi en eclipse k edwar le pidio matrimonio za bella ose super guao =) @-@

[Sn0okkz]

@reidksmith yesterday

[phenixking300]

now you just need to put that in a margarita

[ZombiePuppy]

SCIENCE!

[htirah100]

@reidksmith so dat means if a water is full of propane and we freeze it.will it become just like this?

[susenned]

wat