George Goble + Charcoal Grill + Liquid Oxygen = My Hero

The Algebra of Stupidity

Published on February 22, 2005 By greywar In Gadgets & Electronics

Some time ago (might have been years to be honest) I stumbled across this experiment conducted by George Goble of Purdue University. This is the sort of thing that I would love to try but my sense of self-preservation along with a heavy dose of laziness keeps me from doing. Maybe my aluminum smelting buddy SPC NBS will try it?

Now thats cooking!

Comments

lifehappens

on Feb 22, 2005

Woo Hoo! Looks like fun!

singrdave

on Feb 22, 2005

Wow, that looks like some science!
What is that? It's science!

Spc Nobody Special

on Feb 22, 2005

ummmm......where can I get some liquid oxygen?............just asking of course............

p.s. did finally pour my furnace today, blog to follow

Arquonzo

on Feb 23, 2005

Wow! Did you read the bit about pre-soaking the briquettes in LOX? I'd like to try THAT.

greywar

on Feb 24, 2005

I'd like to try THAT.

just make sure someone is taking pictures (because you likely wouldn't survive!)

JillUser

on May 04, 2005

Yikes! Now that's a fire! Looks like a Tim Taylor project

latour999

on May 08, 2005

This is better than anything I have ever done in Chemistry. Although there was the one time I took out a ceiling tile. I was doing an "experiment" where I would put about 35mL of isopropyl alcohol in a large water bottle (like from a watercooler), and swirl it around so it would coat the sides and begin to vaporize. Then I would ignite the vapours with a candle on the end of a metre stick. For some reason, the concussive force of the escaping gases was extrodinarily powerful that time, and knocked the ceiling tile down, on top of a few beakers. To compund things, I was on crutches from a prior foot injury at the time.

I still love burning things, though

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