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Hydrogen Alone

Hydrogen-filled soap bubbles are ignited producing small explosions.

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File: MOVIES/EXPSOAP/EXPSOAP1.MOV

Voiceover
A tank of hydrogen and a tank of oxygen are connected to glass cylinders in which the gases bubble through water to show the rate of flow of each gas. Initially, only hydrogen is bubbled through a tube into a soap solution. Hydrogen-filled soap bubbles float upward and are ignited with a flare. Small explosions are heard as each bubble is ignited.


Demonstrators:  
  Lynn R. Hunsberger Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60201
  John W. Moore University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI 53706
Video:  
  Steven D. Gammon University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83843
Setups:  
  Lynn R. Hunsberger Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60201
Text:  
  Kelly Houston Jetzer University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI 53706
  John W. Moore University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI 53706