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[*] posted on 3-7-2004 at 16:14
Simple Fire

I'm surprised I haven't seen this reaction discussed before, as the chemicals are readily available. This is my own "invention", and I verified it works.

Add 0.2g of calcium hypochlorite and 0.1g of calcium carbide to a small test tube. Add a few ml of dilute (say 3M) HCl. Immediately flashes of orange fire occur in the test tube, accompanied by dense black smoke.
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[*] posted on 3-7-2004 at 16:19


Dichloroacetylene?



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[*] posted on 4-7-2004 at 00:42


All you are doing is producing chlorine which spontaneously ignites the acetylene produced from the carbide. Used to do this as a kid!
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