Post by Shadow on Oct 8, 2003 4:35:35 GMT -5
A few days ago I made a lightweight wooden frame with wheels and stuck a 2L Hydrochloric/Al pressure bomb on it, with an exhaust so all the gasses could come out of a tube exactly where I wanted them to at the rear.
Anyway, so I poured in a *lot* of HCl and Aluminium balls, screw the lid on and lit the ignitor torch on the end.
Thirty seconds later, the gasses started boiling out of the exhaust. The very first of it to pass through the flame made a small *whummpf!* sound and that was it. 90% of the gas didnt do anything at all but fill my street with chlorine vapour.
The worst part about it is that my wooden car didn't move a bloody inch
So if hydrogen gas is really created by Hcl and aluminium, how come I didn't get a nice plume of fire or something?
Anyway, so I poured in a *lot* of HCl and Aluminium balls, screw the lid on and lit the ignitor torch on the end.
Thirty seconds later, the gasses started boiling out of the exhaust. The very first of it to pass through the flame made a small *whummpf!* sound and that was it. 90% of the gas didnt do anything at all but fill my street with chlorine vapour.
The worst part about it is that my wooden car didn't move a bloody inch
So if hydrogen gas is really created by Hcl and aluminium, how come I didn't get a nice plume of fire or something?
