Methanol Cannon Demonstrations Revisited

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

doi:10.1021/ed072p732

Methanol Cannon Demonstrations Revisited

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

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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	English
Pages (from-to)	732-733
Number of pages	2
Journal	Journal of Chemical Education
Volume	72
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/ed072p732
State	Published - 1995

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General Chemistry
Education

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Demonstrations
Chemistry -- Study and teaching

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Chemistry
Science and Mathematics Education

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