Liquid ethanol is poured into a saturated calcium acetate solution and a solid gel is formed. The gel burns like canned heat (Sterno™).
Credits:
- Design and Demonstration
- George Gilbert Denison University, Granville, OH 43023
- Video
- Jerrold J. Jacobsen University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI 53706
- Text
- George Gilbert Denison University, Granville, OH 43023
- Kelly Houston Jetzer University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI 53706
- David Phillips Wabash College, Crawfordsville, IN 47933