Tom Kuntzleman
• Wayne State University Assistant Professor of Teaching - Chemistry
ChemEd X Associate Editor, Science experimenter, chemical educator, entropy generator, I have taught science at all levels from Kindergarten through upper division undergraduate. Member of ACS, AACT.
March 26
Update on this experiment
We have captured slow motion video of a water balloon (filled with water) popping after being squirted with juice from an orange peel. Interestingly, it appears that water escapes from tiny holes in the balloon prior to the balloon popping. I think this indicates that tiny droplets of the orange peel juice land on the balloon in different regions. These droplets, which contain limonene, dissolve small portions of the balloon, allowing water to escape. Is there anything else you can see going on in this video?
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Update on this experiment
We have captured slow motion video of a water balloon (filled with water) popping after being squirted with juice from an orange peel. Interestingly, it appears that water escapes from tiny holes in the balloon prior to the balloon popping. I think this indicates that tiny droplets of the orange peel juice land on the balloon in different regions. These droplets, which contain limonene, dissolve small portions of the balloon, allowing water to escape. Is there anything else you can see going on in this video?