@NightHawkInLight - Hi, regarding Vodka not burning -- if you put salt into the Vodka, it will dissolve in the water component, and cause the ethanol to separate out into its own layer on top. You could then dip your cotton balls into that upper layer of ethanol, to soak it up for your burning experiment later on.
I cut pieces from a "welding blanket" to use in aluminum (pop) can alcohol stoves. Some people use fiberglass, but that seems to burn eventually. The welding blanket has a much higher heat tolerance and an alcohol flame is nowhere near not enough to damage it. In your case, a small circular "top" cover on the sand should be enough to capture the boiling alcohol. Or perhaps skip the sand altogether.
This made me think about large scale fire whirls. Just imagine how cool it'd be with such colors! I guess this would be fun until you realize that it comes toward your house...
I saw this demonstration using a tea kettle, a lazy susan, and two waste-paper baskets, and liquid fuel, at Alchemy. The effect was amazing, creating four foot flames from a resting 1.5 foot flame. This video also explains the green coloring. I had wondered about and how the effect was generated and an engineer, familiar with fluid dynamics, suggested the effect was caused by the intake through the kettle spout, or splashing against the heated walls of the tea kettle through centrifugal action, as the explanation for the increased height of the flame. My own theory was that the spinning action produced an updraft, from the outside, by somehow promoting more airflow into the inside chamber. You proved us both wrong, while providing a good explanation, and the reason for the green coloring. For that, you get my accolades and my subscription.
If schools were taught int he way you just did, education in general would be different. A HUGE thank you to channels you like and VSauce for sparking and intrigue in the sciences that make our universe work!
.....yeah, except, as cool as this video was, it didn't actually teach anything. So what you're saying is that education in general would be different if we just stopped teaching anything useful in school. Well, I agree with that.
kaitzi Don't be such a dick man. He was simply giving Nitro a nice compliment. this man has taught me how to make sugar rockets, fireworks, and even rockets a 5 year old plays with choosing it over commercial toys. If you don't have anything nice to say then click and watch something else..
Its always the same song and dance all in the name of education. It's like this pal! If you don't have anything nice to say then go to another video on You Tube. That was the point I was trying to get across not debate something that people will never agree on anyway.
you could try making the flaming agent into a gelatin like napalm, I have a good idea of how to do it... but I won't say it here, as it could cause trouble.
Thanks for your channel and your time. As a busy single mom, it's cool to see these and have a quick, already tested out experiment to use with my son.
very cool, but it would have been a bit nicer to see a method to make it spin with a small motor, its so that you can have some fancy decorations for social events.
This is great! I made a fire tornado on my channel a few months back but it hadn't occurred to me to use different colored flames, especially having multiple flames around each other. Also, the trashcan was a very smart idea as the window screen I used was a pain.
the molten fireballs are actually caused by the silica in the sand expanding, same thing happens when you use a blowtorch on concrete, learned that the hard way before my welding had a chance to tell me that one. good job by the way, possibly use non-aquis chemicals in separate partitions of the same dish? this would allow the flame to join together creating a larger vortex
You can use Kevlar Wick, its what me and other fire performers use. We also sometimes mix White gas with our color mixtures which gives a brighter flame or we use Ultra Pure Lamp Oil for a Longer Burn time
Your videos never cease to be entertaining. Additionally, you could try Potassium Nitrate -which I'm sure you know can be bought as stump remover- to add a vibrant purple flame. Just food for thought.
Try gasket material for wood burning stove doors. It soaks up fuel well (useful for small alcohol camp stoves) and is made of a fiberglass material so it doesn't burn.
I enjoy seeing the experimentation. It makes me think about other possibilities and removes the "only one way to do it" perception I usually have with these videos. thanks!
Use a carbon felt welding blanket cut into strips - as if you were making an alcohol stove - roll into a roll and put cut end facing upward... should work like a charm or use pink fiberglass or fiberglass mat
I saw someone suggest fibreglass insulation below. I am thinking that horticultural rockwool might be the way to go. It is generally more dense and made to hold liquid for plants and would hold more fuel. You can also get it in a convenient small cube form.
you could put the liquid in a stainless still/ceramic resealable container with a small hole at the top for the vapor to come out of bit limit the liquid from spilling out.
If you take a tuna can fill 3/4 with cotton/alcohol then cut a piece of metal window screen or my favorite, the drain plug from the kitchen sink, the fumes will stay lit just above the "screen" without igniting the cotton balls or letting the alcohol boil and splash. I use my ( tuna can, sink drain plug mini stove) for camping and stays lit for quite a while. no reason it won't work for you.
Excellent experiments. Thanks for showing the different methods that you have tried. It would be cool to have a variable speed motor driving the turntable so you can select the best rotational speed. Add some long burning burners and it would be really cool light that also gives some heat. Great videos. Bill
wow!! its good this came up in my recommended because my son this term is learning about mother nature. This would be a great to demonstrate in science which is his fav subject. thank you for this vid.
If the sand is exploding there is something in it to make it do so, make sure it is 100% dry for instance. Try grey ash from a fire will also soak up the alcohol and it should not explode as it has all ready been burned. Grey ash is an old trick for starting a fire. Add a little kerosene or even petrol to make a paste with the ash and light this before adding the fuel/wood.
I kind of took this to the next step, and put my bin on a turntable which I rigged to never stop spinning (I locked the arm). It seems 66 rpm will do the trick, but I'm looking for a 73 rpm to see if the vortex becomes more stable. Doing this outside requires an almost absolute absense of wind, or the vortex will distabelize or won't show + you get a bigger fire hazard.
Awesome experiment!
CrazyRussianHacker yooooo Taras!!! ITS you!!
That is really awesome! Another great video as always NightHawkInLight!
Thanks! Sorry about your computer, that sucks.
NightHawkInLight what happened to his computer
+NightHawkInLight yeah what happened to his computer? tell me!?
@@Nighthawkinlight what happened to his computer?? :O
@NightHawkInLight - Hi, regarding Vodka not burning -- if you put salt into the Vodka, it will dissolve in the water component, and cause the ethanol to separate out into its own layer on top. You could then dip your cotton balls into that upper layer of ethanol, to soak it up for your burning experiment later on.
This is Art !! Thanks for sharing !
Thanks!
Great video! Cool indeed!
Incredible stuff. Great work!
Cool video.. :D
I can dig it! Great Video Fam!!
Very cool. Thanks for showing your experimenting. That makes it all the more interesting.
Awesome! Is it safe to roast marshmallows on a methyl flame?
Yolo.
Your yolo
Mismag822 - The Card Trick Teacher it's antifreeze so most likely not
it's actually used very frequently in alcohol stoves. Alcohol burns very cleanly, so yeah, no worries.
I cut pieces from a "welding blanket" to use in aluminum (pop) can alcohol stoves. Some people use fiberglass, but that seems to burn eventually. The welding blanket has a much higher heat tolerance and an alcohol flame is nowhere near not enough to damage it. In your case, a small circular "top" cover on the sand should be enough to capture the boiling alcohol. Or perhaps skip the sand altogether.
This made me think about large scale fire whirls. Just imagine how cool it'd be with such colors! I guess this would be fun until you realize that it comes toward your house...
No, no... the sight would all be worth it. Coolest way to die EVER!!!
Thanks for the behind the scenes look! I like it. It gives other people ideas to try and perfect it.
NightHawkInLight used Fire Spin!
I saw this demonstration using a tea kettle, a lazy susan, and two waste-paper baskets, and liquid fuel, at Alchemy. The effect was amazing, creating four foot flames from a resting 1.5 foot flame. This video also explains the green coloring. I had wondered about and how the effect was generated and an engineer, familiar with fluid dynamics, suggested the effect was caused by the intake through the kettle spout, or splashing against the heated walls of the tea kettle through centrifugal action, as the explanation for the increased height of the flame. My own theory was that the spinning action produced an updraft, from the outside, by somehow promoting more airflow into the inside chamber. You proved us both wrong, while providing a good explanation, and the reason for the green coloring. For that, you get my accolades and my subscription.
If schools were taught int he way you just did, education in general would be different. A HUGE thank you to channels you like and VSauce for sparking and intrigue in the sciences that make our universe work!
Hell yes, I agree with that.
.....yeah, except, as cool as this video was, it didn't actually teach anything.
So what you're saying is that education in general would be different if we just stopped teaching anything useful in school. Well, I agree with that.
kaitzi
Don't be such a dick man. He was simply giving Nitro a nice compliment. this man has taught me how to make sugar rockets, fireworks, and even rockets a 5 year old plays with choosing it over commercial toys. If you don't have anything nice to say then click and watch something else..
David Hoover Cool. And do you know how and why those rockets and fireworks work? Because _that_ is the goal of education.
Its always the same song and dance all in the name of education. It's like this pal! If you don't have anything nice to say then go to another video on You Tube. That was the point I was trying to get across not debate something that people will never agree on anyway.
Awesome combination of fire and air
That's badass....
I would like to thank you for once again giving me an innovative, safe and fun project to keep busy with. I am 15 and I love science
Really did enjoy this video and the behind the scenes clips , thanks :)
Like it when you go a little more in-depth and show us other things you tried, like the sand.
Two words: Rainbow Flamethrower... :O
the fiery eruptions add to the effects
you could try making the flaming agent into a gelatin like napalm, I have a good idea of how to do it... but I won't say it here, as it could cause trouble.
Thanks for your channel and your time. As a busy single mom, it's cool to see these and have a quick, already tested out experiment to use with my son.
very cool, but it would have been a bit nicer to see a method to make it spin with a small motor, its so that you can have some fancy decorations for social events.
This is great! I made a fire tornado on my channel a few months back but it hadn't occurred to me to use different colored flames, especially having multiple flames around each other. Also, the trashcan was a very smart idea as the window screen I used was a pain.
Would like to see this motorized with a propane hardline.. would be a great outdoor fire feature.
That is pretty cool!
Very cool! Subbed.
The fire whirl was really cool! Thanks.
it'd be cool to put this on a little electric motor so you don't have to keep spinning it
+Matthew Keith not quick enough im afraid
Matthew Keith .
I loved this video. Shows a lot more of the experimentation that goes on instead of just being a tutorial.
HAVE YOU CONSIDERED TRYING THE CHAFING DISH GEL. THEY WORK WELL AND DONT SPLASH!
the molten fireballs are actually caused by the silica in the sand expanding, same thing happens when you use a blowtorch on concrete, learned that the hard way before my welding had a chance to tell me that one. good job by the way, possibly use non-aquis chemicals in separate partitions of the same dish? this would allow the flame to join together creating a larger vortex
Don't cross the Streams!
I love these videos. Whenever he gets to the demonstration, I always have a smile on my face
It is like in Avatar: The Last Airbender when Aang and Zuko meet Ran and Shaw, and Ran and Shaw surround them in flames.
but everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked!
Benjamin Fisher
That was a nice one...
Your profile picture looks like a minecraft skin of Aangs flying Bison, correct?
(Sorry if I spelled Bison wrong there).
Jaike Jones Sure is.
The movie was a huge let down from the tv show I watched every episode before watching the movie I wished I never stopped watching the show
Hey NightHawk, I really liked the behind-the-scenes thing you did there. It was cool!
just use hand sanitizer, it doesn't splash and it is 62% ethyl. It burns clean with no odor & can be purchased at the dollar store.
it has a flame its a small dark blue but still a good methol alchol
The colored tornado was awesome!
ash tray* not shallow dish
Well, he is being politically correct.
It is a fantastic project and demonstration. you are a great experimenter and have a very creative mind GREAT JOB .
Just make it a live wallpaper somehow and I'm good =)!
You can use Kevlar Wick, its what me and other fire performers use. We also sometimes mix White gas with our color mixtures which gives a brighter flame or we use Ultra Pure Lamp Oil for a Longer Burn time
That Russian guy that steals everyone's ideas stole your idea.
Yeah lol he doesnt even give him some credit..
Fire tornados are not patented
GmasterFunk you are right! but if you are borrowing or stealing some other youtube channels ideas give them some credit.
aSirludvig just cos someone did it before doesnt mean that its unoriginal. the could have thought of it ontheir own
Aussie Floggie See normally I would think so but I have noticed this with many of his videos.
Your videos never cease to be entertaining. Additionally, you could try Potassium Nitrate -which I'm sure you know can be bought as stump remover- to add a vibrant purple flame. Just food for thought.
PERFECT VIDEO.
Try gasket material for wood burning stove doors. It soaks up fuel well (useful for small alcohol camp stoves) and is made of a fiberglass material so it doesn't burn.
Very nice. I particularly liked the extra bits you put in.
I like how you kept spinning the thing as flaming bits of alcohol were spewing out.
I enjoy seeing the experimentation. It makes me think about other possibilities and removes the "only one way to do it" perception I usually have with these videos. thanks!
This was awesome! I may try one :)
Cool video my classmate and I are going to create this for our math class and talk about the math involved. Kudos to you for doing this.
wow, great gradient fire
I've seen fire tornadoes powered by fans before, but this is pretty nice and simple. I like your experiments with colored flames--very interesting!
Use a carbon felt welding blanket cut into strips - as if you were making an alcohol stove - roll into a roll and put cut end facing upward... should work like a charm or use pink fiberglass or fiberglass mat
I saw someone suggest fibreglass insulation below. I am thinking that horticultural rockwool might be the way to go. It is generally more dense and made to hold liquid for plants and would hold more fuel. You can also get it in a convenient small cube form.
This'll be a GREAT way to make Christmas at grandma's house SO much more memorable!
Amazing job!!!
this is freaking cool
That was amazing! I do some of the same things, save for the colir changing flames. I think potasium changes the flames a purple\lavender color.
Now I remember... Yeah, you definately deserve the subs, man. Great trick.
you could put the liquid in a stainless still/ceramic resealable container with a small hole at the top for the vapor to come out of bit limit the liquid from spilling out.
THIS IS AN EPIC ART!!!!! IT SHOULD POSTED ON DEVIANTART!!!!
Now I want to make a motorized one...
Just to have out on the patio while entertaining guests.
I'm thinking the same thing! its gonna be awesome! ^.^
Maybe try putting a mesh like the one you find on windows over the cups when using sand?
If you take a tuna can fill 3/4 with cotton/alcohol then cut a piece of metal window screen or my favorite, the drain plug from the kitchen sink, the fumes will stay lit just above the "screen" without igniting the cotton balls or letting the alcohol boil and splash. I use my ( tuna can, sink drain plug mini stove) for camping and stays lit for quite a while. no reason it won't work for you.
This new year evening is going to be fun
I think you should do some more behind the scenes experiments
Dude, your awesome!
This is epic. Must try it someday.
This is why I love science. I'll try to incorporate this into party decorations if I can somehow find a motorized base. Thanks for this! :D
Modify a old school turntable.
Or battery powered car
We did something similar in my chemistry class, its totally making my freshmen year pretty awesome
Excellent experiments. Thanks for showing the different methods that you have tried. It would be cool to have a variable speed motor driving the turntable so you can select the best rotational speed. Add some long burning burners and it would be really cool light that also gives some heat. Great videos.
Bill
Wonderful. I respect since and also scientist, who dedicate their time to detect imagine subjects.
Great demo, thanks!
wow!! its good this came up in my recommended because my son this term is learning about mother nature. This would be a great to demonstrate in science which is his fav subject. thank you for this vid.
Marcy Taylor Im not understanding you why +1 on a couple of my posts.and you still haven't told me how to get rid of the baby comments?
Awesome and the steel wool fire
You should continue to show ideas you had that didn't work out as well. They're interesting and would keep me from making a similar mistake.
If the sand is exploding there is something in it to make it do so, make sure it is 100% dry for instance. Try grey ash from a fire will also soak up the alcohol and it should not explode as it has all ready been burned. Grey ash is an old trick for starting a fire. Add a little kerosene or even petrol to make a paste with the ash and light this before adding the fuel/wood.
Awesome! This made me miss all the fun highschool science experiments we did.
Absolutely brilliant. Subscribed! Thanks man!
This is really cool have to try it sometime
The narration is great!!! thanks for sharing your videos with the world :)
Great as always
May I just say that oddka drink is so nice
Have you considered adding some type of motor to the bottom of it to make it spin by itself? That would be a great decorative piece! Nice video btw.
that looks so awesome
I'm doing a science experiment, so thanks for the resources and instructions
I've never thought of doing this you are awesome
Great video. Excellent explanations.
just, totally amazing!
Really well explained and well done video. Nice work.
Awesome experiment demonstration, thank u
You might want to try Glass Wool (Loft Insulation) or Mica as a wick.
I kind of took this to the next step, and put my bin on a turntable which I rigged to never stop spinning (I locked the arm).
It seems 66 rpm will do the trick, but I'm looking for a 73 rpm to see if the vortex becomes more stable.
Doing this outside requires an almost absolute absense of wind, or the vortex will distabelize or won't show + you get a bigger fire hazard.
this guy is a legend
Simply amazing!
Incredible video, maybe your best one. Thank you!
Blue and red flame would look so cool