Ethanol Explosion - Cool Science Experiment

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  • Опубликовано: 4 апр 2011
  • If you've been to certain gas stations recently, you may have seen that some of your gasoline is getting a special additive called ethanol. Like gasoline, ethanol is easily ignited and creates a lot of energy while it burns. But here's the hitch, ethanol burns cleaner than gasoline. It's a little step that fuel companies are taking towards going green. This experiment will show you just how combustible ethanol is and why it's a great additive for fuel. About Steve Spangler Science...
    Steve Spangler is a celebrity teacher, science toy designer, speaker, author and an Emmy award-winning television personality. Spangler is probably best known for his Mentos and Diet Coke geyser experiment that went viral in. Spangler is the founder of www.SteveSpanglerScience.com, a Denver-based company specializing in the creation of science toys, classroom science demonstrations, teacher resources and home for Spangler's popular science experiment archive and video collection. Spangler is a frequent guest on the Ellen DeGeneres Show and Denver 9 News where he takes classroom science experiments to the extreme. For teachers, parents or DIY Science ideas - check out other sources of learning:
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Комментарии • 109

  • @rastasurf413
    @rastasurf413 13 лет назад +4

    "where do they go?" "im not really sure" hahhah LOVE YOU STEVE

  • @emilyharris9730
    @emilyharris9730 10 лет назад +6

    Wear headphones while watching this and when they turn the electric thing on it sounds like static and electricity going through the headphones. LOL!

  • @hotpink10117
    @hotpink10117 11 лет назад

    The ping pong ball SCARED THE CRAP OUTTA ME!

  • @KD8NCL
    @KD8NCL 13 лет назад

    lol that cap at the end had perfect timing.

  • @Forestkeeper7852
    @Forestkeeper7852 11 лет назад

    Ooooh I love Mark's expressions on every video!!

  • @aryansamtani4834
    @aryansamtani4834 10 лет назад

    love this

  • @siriamesara3537
    @siriamesara3537 11 лет назад

    this is awesome stuff! science rock dude!@

  • @ffrizat
    @ffrizat 11 лет назад

    love this guy.

  • @jocax188723
    @jocax188723 12 лет назад +1

    "Where'd it go?!"
    Nonchalantly, "I'm not really sure...try this one =3"

  • @tripextaid9962
    @tripextaid9962 12 лет назад

    I love this show

  • @airdarkvortex
    @airdarkvortex 11 лет назад

    i have been watching your videos. and i was thinking if you could suggest any experiments involving thermochemistry... i really need it for our chem madness..

  • @Igarza979
    @Igarza979 11 лет назад

    Why is he always more amazed than the people he is showing..

  • @GeRmAnBoMbErBoY
    @GeRmAnBoMbErBoY 12 лет назад

    Not even gonna lie, I jumped when the ball popped out

  • @brandonlamont243
    @brandonlamont243 11 лет назад

    i really need to go to sleep for school but.... ooh cool science experiment

  • @CrustyMustard90
    @CrustyMustard90 11 лет назад

    We had a chemistry teacher in high school who did something similar to the cork thing but she had a culligan bottle lol...

  • @Karracks
    @Karracks 12 лет назад

    Who would say no to some delicious ethanol fragments?

  • @shazaibbiazahs
    @shazaibbiazahs 11 лет назад

    that scared the crap out of me

  • @michaelrdegroat
    @michaelrdegroat 11 лет назад

    "Where do they go?"
    "I'm not really sure."

  • @C4MB3RW3LLcarrot
    @C4MB3RW3LLcarrot 11 лет назад

    i didn't by reflex but jumped anyway just to join in with the fun

  • @heymarley88
    @heymarley88 11 лет назад

    if the word ethanol is in the title, there must be fire.

  • @gastroization
    @gastroization 12 лет назад

    you know the other guy loves it when he comes on the show

  • @reno5460
    @reno5460 11 лет назад

    I've seen all your videos. Please make more o.0

  • @Mr.Everything___
    @Mr.Everything___ 11 лет назад

    steves all like gimme that volting contraption!

  • @KD8NCL
    @KD8NCL 13 лет назад

    @piepeep90 Because he turned on the high frequency transformer. The mics are wireless and the HF transformer gave off a frequency that the mics were sensitive to.

  • @Jerrycobra
    @Jerrycobra 13 лет назад

    done this in chem class, pretty cool

  • @robloxian300
    @robloxian300 11 лет назад

    the title makes me want to do this before i even see this i go do it out in desert... :D

  • @CharliePeters
    @CharliePeters 10 лет назад

    BP GMO ethanol affect your water?
    Shell ethanol affect the beef?

  • @TheEvilSketch
    @TheEvilSketch 11 лет назад

    LAST ONE!! .... Just one more XD

  • @johnnyb.fendley314
    @johnnyb.fendley314 11 лет назад

    coooooool

  • @leatherfacefan1974
    @leatherfacefan1974 13 лет назад

    the love his like "trademark" 'your fiiiine'

  • @Thinker9999
    @Thinker9999 11 лет назад

    Ilike it

  • @OJulioIsidro
    @OJulioIsidro 12 лет назад

    Came here to get some fun...
    After 1:57 I'm afraid of ping pong balls

  • @Sainty-0
    @Sainty-0 12 лет назад

    I knew it was coming but I still kinda jumped a bit

  • @MarkReddington
    @MarkReddington 12 лет назад

    my teacher did this exact experiment last year! nearly killed the people in the first row of desks!

  • @xioownz
    @xioownz 13 лет назад

    "plop it out" BOOM!

  • @keetonmorgan4549
    @keetonmorgan4549 11 лет назад

    Steve,how come explosion sounds,even if you are very brave,still startle you?

  • @isaacoscar1
    @isaacoscar1 12 лет назад

    the reactants? pure ethanol. yum

  • @chococollodi
    @chococollodi 12 лет назад

    where can i buy ethanol

  • @blockbertus
    @blockbertus 11 лет назад

    1:35 "Now look what we have." Yes. I see it. You have a tiny Darlek in your hand! Go, hand it over to the timelord.

  • @ScripterMega
    @ScripterMega 11 лет назад

    The 50000 volts actually mutes the microphone? Because after it has started it's kinda hard to hear.

  • @drewpeackock2029
    @drewpeackock2029 11 лет назад

    Make these in smaller containers with bbq lighter sparkers and you can shoot needles at high velocity

  • @saskiimoka
    @saskiimoka 12 лет назад

    it buzzed when u turned on the electicity thing

  • @RFC3514
    @RFC3514 13 лет назад

    @KurogetsuOokami - If it's pure ethanol, the only things you'll find in there will be alcohol and water. However, most ethanol is denaturated so that people don't use it to produce spirits (or to drink directly). Some of those denaturants are poisonous, and nearly all of them have a horrible taste (which is kind of the point).

  • @Brbolj
    @Brbolj 11 лет назад

    That what's he pouring out after combustion is not water but excess ethanol. Although water is created the amount of it is far less than he could pour like that. If that white bottle has volume of 1 liter (and it probably has less, which means less water) the amount of oxygen in it is enough for burning less than 3 drops of ethanol which produces very close amount of water, and it is probably mostly vaporized.

  • @user21XXL
    @user21XXL 11 лет назад

    what was left in was for shure not wather it was alcohol. wather(steam) and C02 pushed the ball out

  • @BankaiIchigo12345
    @BankaiIchigo12345 11 лет назад

    And that's because of the high frequency. The tesla coil (which is what it is) radiates at about 500khz to 1000khz in frequency of radio emmisssions. And at 50kv the radio signal is VERY strong (enough to ionize the gas in a fluorescent lamp one foot away from the coil). I'm not surprized at all that the EMI (electromagnetic interference) messed with their mics. In fact I'm surprized it didn't fry/damage the circuits in their studio equipment (mics and cameras and other A/V equipment).

  • @MuhammadDerkaDerka
    @MuhammadDerkaDerka 12 лет назад

    @3clecticskater any fuel injected car can run off of ethanol. the air to fuel ratio would need to be lower than that of gasoline due to ethanol needing more to be spent in order to compensate to the normal gasoline air to fuel ratio

  • @loveitdonthateit1502
    @loveitdonthateit1502 10 лет назад +1

    When tje ball came out fast i got so scard

  • @Zalamedas
    @Zalamedas 12 лет назад

    2 ogf them didn't came back hahaha that was funny

  • @piepeep90
    @piepeep90 13 лет назад

    Why did the camera's sound blow out at 2:30?

  • @loveitdonthateit1502
    @loveitdonthateit1502 10 лет назад

    when the ball came out i got scared!

  • @davidthomas3306
    @davidthomas3306 12 лет назад

    he talks so fast and tensed.....

  • @davidthomas3306
    @davidthomas3306 12 лет назад

    i wasnt sitting

  • @VGEuphonyOfficial
    @VGEuphonyOfficial 11 лет назад

    that scared me

  • @bensemusx
    @bensemusx 11 лет назад

    ya, anyone able to explain why that happens?

  • @shed2211
    @shed2211 11 лет назад

    2:31 50 000 volts obviously is too much for the sound system.

  • @bakuganbrawl1000
    @bakuganbrawl1000 12 лет назад

    Scared me 2 times I'm a row

  • @CharliePeters
    @CharliePeters 10 лет назад

    Nestle check water for ethanol?

    • @CharliePeters
      @CharliePeters 10 лет назад

      The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) collects $billions$ using “Wallet Flushing” car tax. Is it time for CA AG Kamala Harris EPA GMO ethanol fuel waiver conversation?

    • @CharliePeters
      @CharliePeters 9 лет назад

      * Do you want $2 Gasoline at the pump?
      * Do you want clean air and water?
      Ethanol waiver and elimination of E-85 flex fuel credit can cut our CO2 transportation pollution over 50%
      Let’s improve performance of CA Climate change law AB 32 (Pavley) in 2015 for future generations

  • @Leshutchens4
    @Leshutchens4 12 лет назад

    Talk to your mechanic about what ethanol is doing to your valves in your engine.

  • @TheBCSledder
    @TheBCSledder 11 лет назад

    Damn ethanol

  • @HenrySteven99
    @HenrySteven99 12 лет назад

    Not me cuz you warned me about it! :D

  • @kayerosacia739
    @kayerosacia739 11 лет назад

    i laughed coz im surprised when it popped at 1:57 bwahahahahaha!!! XD

  • @Kesiath
    @Kesiath 11 лет назад

    I jumped...... xDDDD

  • @Treblaine
    @Treblaine 11 лет назад

    Hmm, studios mics must be decepticons, they don't get on with the transformers

  • @TheZioShow
    @TheZioShow 12 лет назад

    So it rained when the Hindenburg went down?

  • @victorspratt5726
    @victorspratt5726 11 лет назад

    yeah you get water, which then rusts the insides of your car's engine. Good old fashioned fuel without EPA tampering is much more efficient. >_< Still, a great experiment and neat effect with the ping pong ball.

  • @xxAugustinRajxx
    @xxAugustinRajxx 11 лет назад

    Lol 1:57

  • @NickelCityShots
    @NickelCityShots 12 лет назад

    @MrKamasterx im badass i stand

  • @GametypeBirdy
    @GametypeBirdy 12 лет назад

    Thumbs up if you thought your headphones were broken at 2:32

  • @BankaiIchigo12345
    @BankaiIchigo12345 11 лет назад

    Potato cannon?

  • @bratzKoolkat11
    @bratzKoolkat11 12 лет назад

    i allmost fell off my chair

  • @lineardielectric
    @lineardielectric 11 лет назад

    Burning any hydrocarbon gives off water. The ethanol would actually produce less, mole for mole

  • @effyouceeekay
    @effyouceeekay 10 лет назад

    Dem corks got air

  • @xMr_Smiley
    @xMr_Smiley 11 лет назад

    If you keep pressing 1:57 sounds like a song...

  • @superdau
    @superdau 11 лет назад

    It doesn't come free. It has to be produced from crops on fields, which to grow need fertilizer, gas powered trucks, production plants. Also the if you're using land for "ethanol" crops you can't use the land for food production.
    In the end it seems pretty stupid to use ethanol to drive cars (as long as we don't find better source for ethanol). Even worse some countries chop down rain forests to plant "fuel" crops for export. Does more harm than good to the environment.

  • @hedoroti
    @hedoroti Год назад

    Im stupid i tried to burn a bottle of hand sanitiser which is 60% ethanol then it exploded on my hand. Hurt but not much damage

  • @GregoMorgan
    @GregoMorgan 12 лет назад

    That's not water. That's still mainly ethanol.

  • @realtreeredneck4006
    @realtreeredneck4006 9 лет назад

    Oh you get water? Yeah thats real nice on an engine....

  • @ffrizat
    @ffrizat 11 лет назад

    i did the last time i saw this vid

  • @VishaalReddyKuthuru
    @VishaalReddyKuthuru 12 лет назад

    I wanna fill up the bottle with ethanol

  • @MeenyMcSweeny
    @MeenyMcSweeny 12 лет назад

    Scared the crap pou

  • @BlueRice
    @BlueRice 12 лет назад

    i actually got scared

  • @youngatheart212
    @youngatheart212 13 лет назад

    @MrKamasterx And you still saw it coming.

  • @tatumhathcoat5309
    @tatumhathcoat5309 9 лет назад

    What is the scientific name for the thing that he puts the ping pong ball in?

  • @mcjigglekyle5749
    @mcjigglekyle5749 11 лет назад

    it scared me

  • @QueenAtziri
    @QueenAtziri 10 лет назад

    Can you drink the water?

  • @Nitrosaff
    @Nitrosaff 12 лет назад

    My name Is Ethan yay he said my name (sort of)(ethanol) yay

  • @snakedragon101
    @snakedragon101 11 лет назад

    I'm done. I've ran out of videos!!!!!! I'm Fre- World's Simplest Motor?? Well 1 more couldn't hurt

  • @MrKamasterx
    @MrKamasterx 13 лет назад

    thumbs up if you jumped out of your seat @ 1:57

  • @MyShadowsonic
    @MyShadowsonic 11 лет назад

    Can you drink that water

  • @AshenSnowz
    @AshenSnowz 11 лет назад

    I swore that i'de stop watching 1 hour ago. -_-

  • @victorspratt5726
    @victorspratt5726 11 лет назад

    yeah you get water, which then rusts the insides of your car's engine. Good old fashioned fuel without EPA tampering is much more efficient. >_

  • @cmckilla
    @cmckilla 13 лет назад

    why cant you be my science teacher

  • @camilaalvaracin3921
    @camilaalvaracin3921 10 лет назад

    i got scared in 1:57

  • @MrPacman64
    @MrPacman64 11 лет назад

    you get water from normal gasoline...

  • @hallowevefairy
    @hallowevefairy 12 лет назад

    i think his vids are interesting but could he not have a guest for once just sayin

  • @rlstric1
    @rlstric1 12 лет назад

    i want to see you drink the water

  • @caiocollalto
    @caiocollalto 11 лет назад

    Then I ask you, why the HELL are we using gasoline to power our cars???

  • @FuroowHD
    @FuroowHD 11 лет назад

    my friends house burned -_-.

  • @MrHornets14
    @MrHornets14 12 лет назад

    am i the only 1 who didnt jump