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PURPOSE: To produce a hydrogen explosion.
DESCRIPTION: A balloon filled with hydrogen is tethered about six feet above head level. The burning candle on a stick is positioned under the balloon, creating the hydrogen explosion.
SUGGESTIONS: Don't hug the balloon. To understand why not to hug the balloon, view the explosion in slow motion at 600 frames per second or at 1200 frames per second.
REFERENCES: None.
href="http://niuhep.physics.niu.edu/~frontier/h2_balloon_aapt_slc_05.html">here to see a photograph of the hydrogen ballon explosion at the demonstration show for the Summer 2005 meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers in Salt Lake City, taken by Pati Sievert of Northern Illinois University.EQUIPMENT: Tethered hydrogen balloon, candle on stick, matches.
SETUP TIME: 15 min.
