Chemistry

But will it burn?

It’s easy to imagine burning wood or a piece of paper. But would you expect soap foam to burn? Or even iron? The “But will it burn?” set by MEL Science will challenge you to ignite things that usually seem inflammable! Learn how you can make a flammable foam and even set some iron on fire!

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You will:

obtain some hydrogen foam and set it on fire
enjoy burning iron wool

You will learn:

what combustion is
which substances can burn

Experiments

Fire foam

Ignite hydrogen soap bubbles!

Igniting iron

So you think iron doesn’t burn?

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