Yeah, I was gonna impress my boys... 11 and 14 yrs old. I got out some steel wool and asked if they knew what it was. No. "It's steel wool", I said. 11-yo said, "OH! You can light it with a battery." So much for surprising kids these days, eh? On 8/30/07, Kenneth Jankura <kenrpt at earthlink.net> wrote: > > I remember one of my projects for grade school science class was > burning a piece of steel wool to show something or other about rapid > oxidation. > > (For some less-than-well-thought-out reason, we were given carte > blanche what to pick for a science project, as if you couldn't guess.) > > It's not the oils that burn, it's the steel itself. > > Anyway, youtube has a bunch of films like these: > > http://youtube.com/watch?v=Yvw5epSmH3Q > > http://youtube.com/watch?v=ElqYJ654eq4 > > Yes, be very very careful. > > And have fun.... > > Ken Jankura RPT > Newville, PA > > > > On Aug 29, 2007, at 8:43 AM, Andrew Remillard wrote: > > > > > > > There are oils in steel wool which obviously burn. You can also > > ignite it using a 9 volt battery. > > > > > > -- > > Andrew Remillard > > ANRPiano.com > > 5008 Fairview Ave > > Downers Grove, IL 60515 > > 630-852-5058 > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070830/b31cec31/attachment.html
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