it's the parafin wax that burns. the heat isn't enough to seperate oxygen from hydrogen in the water but you're right that it is the water that 'explodes'. the water boils from liquid to gas in the heat and expands rapidly when it does. this throws the wax into the air more like a spray than a blob. the greatly inceased surface to volume ratio allows it to burn much faster in the air... hence the fire ball as the cloud of tiny wax drops burns. it's the same principle as a fire breather uses when they spit parafin at a flame (no water involved). you can also do this with fine solids (it was a big problem in coal mines and even saw mills) if you blow them into a flame. the good old 'science' programe 'forgets' to mention that the wax needs to be on fire or ignited to get the effect.. maybe that was their attempt to make it safe? throwing a cloud of scorching wax instead of a burning cloud of wax is a lot safer right? it's f*****g science! :)
datura, he said lipids, its what oil is made of, well to be honest, most life is made of lipids. just google it also ITS FUCKING SIENCE :D
Not nitrogen, hydrogen. (Posting angry's baaaaay'd, mmmmkoy?)
The wax contains limp-WHAT? IT'S THE WATER THAT EXPLODES, NOT THE WAX, stupid fuck, the heat in the wax separates the water's nitrogen and oxygen molecules, which then reoxidize.
i show this experiment to kids in class using cooking oil instead of candles and have to spend a long time explaining that it's one of the most dangerous experiments we do. to add insult to injury (probably literally in this case) they don't even get the reason for the fireball right! some halfassed explaination with big sciency words isn't going to help that 'eyebrow' grow back. and 'melt the candles down to wax'... they weren't wax before they were melted? science and popular media, a highly dangerous and volatile mix.. they go together like..
The same thing almost burned down my house when I was a kid, boiling wax on the stove and someone threw water in it when it burst into flames. The wax got it's revenge though when ten years later a candle finally burned down my entire house.
Does this dumbass realize G4's target demographic is 18+ gamers?
Did you notice how, in spite of all the 'don't try this at home' crap, they didn't phrase it as "First we're going to" or "First our experimenter" or anything like that? They actually said, "First you do this, then you do this", phrasing it as step-by-step instructions to be carried out by the viewer. I mean, other than the perfunctory warnings, they didn't even attempt to pretend that it wasn't a guide to actually doing it at home.
oh gladstone. how you make me look like a crazed psycho at work. one day im sure to fall off my chair and when i do i hope noone is in my lobby to see it. it would be like when i forgot my name when i answered the phone only alot worse cuz well i fell outta my fucking chair
.....I'm totally going to try this at home....
Candy! But how? Well johnny, it's ****ing science. hilarious
"It's #*@%ing Science!"? That's crazy!! I love the point about the "Do not attempt this at home" tag, and the candy-eye thing!!
Very funny.
that was fucking hilarious. And Gladstone, as the picture turned out not to be a fake, I recommend that you ignore these assholes. I mean, the picture was leaked by Warner Brothers . . . they WANTED people to see it, and it was all over the internet. And besides, it's fucking TWO-FACE. They showed us what Joker looked like in December, and that was a much more radical departure/surprise. Sheesh. Fanboys.
whoa, dude, I got Bits-O-Honey!!!
fookhar. wow. just wow. And it's NOT a still from the movie. If you don't believe me, just ask the president of Iceland's batman fan club at the start of the chain. and also? wow.
This was excellent! You people are retarded thinking that a picture of two face ruined the movie.
Gladstone, you've been defending yourself throughout these comments by saying the Two-Face pic is fake, it's not, he looks EXACTLY like that in the movie. Also, knowing that half his face is mutulated isn't the same as knowing exactly how they decided to make him look. I'm pretty sure most people didn't expect him to look like that. So, again, thanks for spoiling it.
hahahahahaha There was absolutely no need to make this video if they didn't want ppl to do it. Hilarious. http://www.digitalfuntown.com/homepage.php
That was wonderful.
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