Methanol Cannon Demonstrations Revisited

Lisa S. Jutte; David A. Dolson; Michael E. Dolson; Michael R. Hall; Rubin Battino

doi:10.1021/ed072p732

Methanol Cannon Demonstrations Revisited

Lisa S. Jutte, David A. Dolson, Michael E. Dolson, Michael R. Hall, Rubin Battino

Wright State University

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Abstract

The methanol "cannon" is a popular demonstration where emphasis is placed on a vapor-phase explosive mixture simulating the explosions occurring in a car engine when a cylinder is filled with a fuel mixture from a carburetor. Here we describe two interesting variations to the demonstration. The first is a "chain" reaction using real metal chains. The second involves using easily available components to produce sequential explosions that can be musical in nature.

Original language	American English
Journal	Journal of Chemical Education
Volume	72
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/ed072p732
State	Published - Aug 1 1995

Keywords

Demonstrations
Free Radicals
High School
Introductory Chemistry

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Chemistry
Physical Sciences and Mathematics

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