Four Chemical Ways To Make Fire Without Matches

[@sonnyburnett5514]

I worked as a water treatment operator for 20+ years & was around many of the chemicals that could be explosive on a daily basis. Being in a rural area, a lot of people still used deep, live wells as their drinking water source. Occasionally someone would come to the water plant wanting a small bit of some chemical to take care of a bad taste/odor (usually a rotten egg smell) problem or maybe a cloudy water problem. 1 day a gentleman came in wanting something to take care of a rotten egg odor he had with his well water & my supervisor used a small plastic container to mix a combination of HTH & powdered carbon for him to pour in his well. Shortly after mixing it, these dry, powdered chemicals had reacted with each other to have the consistency spackling compound. After this happened, I watched it while they were visiting. At some point I noticed the container was beginning to deform. I felt it & it was extremely hot. I told the supervisor about this & he immediately took it outside & threw it in our dumpster. At some point it self ignited & burned so hot, it nearly burned a hole through the heavy gauge steel of the dumpster & melted the large plastic lids on it. I was told by another co-worker that the flame he saw was white hot. I've looked online to find an explanation of this reaction, but have been unable to find 1. Does anybody have any thoughts about, or could explain this reaction?

[@zeph0shade]

I'm sad to see this comment is 2 years old without a response yet... I am interested in hearing possible reasons that happened. I don't believe mixing chlorine and carbon is supposed to result in heat. I wonder if it has something to do with the plastic container?

[@rockyo59]

I once combined two different containers of HTH granule chlorine. They were two half empty containers I wanted to make into one, that afternoon there was smoke coming out of the shed. The container melted like a pancake. The combination of two different batches of chlorine reacted with each other. I had another chlorine container, as an experiment I poured a small amount of chlorine from two different containers into water at the same time, as soon as they touched there was a loud pop. Very dangerous, never mix chemicals together even if one is safe the combination of chemicals can react badly as the video shows.

[@zeph0shade]

​@@rockyo59 This makes me wonder, if the HTH in the original commenter's experience was actually combined from two separate sources it might not have seemed noteworthy at the time but perhaps contributed to the result...

[@petesevern7638]

Interesting. This reminds me of the following 'goodie' i played with - years ago. Put a couple of tablespoons of HTH pool chlorination compound into a paper/disposable cup. Now pour brake fluid on top of the compound, enough to cover it, AND IMMEDIATELY STEP BACK. The warmer the chemicals are, the quicker they generate spontaneous combustion. 🔥 Have fun with it! - like I did years ago. 🔥🤟😁🤘🔥

[@noimagination99]

It was probably activated carbon, very porous with a very high surface area. The HTH hypochlorite powder gives off chlorine, a strong oxidizer. Once it starts to react with the carbon, basically the Cl + C burning, a chlorine fire rather than an oxygen fire, heat is generated, the mass of mixed powders is a good insulator so the heat builds and accelerates the reaction until you have a full-blown fire. Even though I believe this explanation is 100% accurate, I've never heard of this happening. It is possible that conditions have to be just right. A little moisture could accelerate it too, by making the HTH give off chlorine faster.

[@aquistorm6348]

Add Fluorine to anything = Fire.

[@Youdontknowmeson1324]

Add your mom to anything fire

[@meh855]

Imagine showing this to someone at the Middle Ages

[@Heroselohim]

+- Roger - They had magic and dragons so they wouldn't be amazed by it.

[@JUSJAK]

hehe

[@grankensteinfrokernocken2907]

+Kevin Smith anything wrong? 😆😆😆😆

[@v1311v]

BURN THE WITCH!!!

[@grendelum]

“...if she weighs the same as the duck, she’s a witch !!”

[@laduuu3909]

Tomorrow is my practical of chemistry 🧪🧪🧪 so see this video and this video is better than my practical language. Thankyou sir 🙏🏻🙏😊😊🤗🤗

[@Rustedinmyshackleferd]

Im repeating all of this

[@uppercut70]

Using your awesome accent...can you plesse say 'we have vays to make you talk'

[@terrylick5908]

brake fluid with clorine or tablets 👍

[@tru47agent]

Lol

[@Ali-kb8gr]

Haha

[@LiborTinka]

Two more ways: 1. conc. nitric acid + nitrile 2. white phosphorus

[@MtnBadger]

Glycerin added to potassium permangenate works rather quickly, only a few seconds. Don't add quite as much as was done here. Good video.

[@susanp.collins7834]

HOW much?

[@utsavm97]

Probably in less than 10 sec

[@LOLmusics]

Borat as a scientist lol

[@tyentbonto5641]

that last one turned super saiyin 3

[@rriversql]

No one: Quiet kid’s search history: THIS VIDEO

[@mikenewton389]

If you’re watching this video, you are the quiet kid

[@v1los]

Silver Nitrate + Magnesium Powder + a drop of water = Brilliant white fire!!

[@tommay681]

Polyethylene glycol (PEG) and calcium hypochlorite is another interesting one that yields flame.

[@terrylick5908]

yes. and there's more. 👍

[@Alderite]

How To Speak English without American Accent is Included in this Video :)

[@osamabinladen824]

😂

[@farn69]

The cat is the best part of this video

[@dmbadcat]

lol at your song choice at the end

[@QuinnixG]

Linkin park for The win

[@ngcf4238]

Where do you learn these sort of things?

[@mikegLXIVMM]

A small pile of calcium hypochlorite(pool shock) + a few drops of Cyanoacrylate (Super glue).

[@Akko1]

1:54 when the crack kicks in.

[@hypnosstratagem1277]

Very interesting. Thank you very much.

[@MadTsaiOfficial]

Amazing job as always! :)

[@bhaveydhaka4320]

This is not the end this is not the beginning, just a voice like a riot rocking every revision!! Sobs* chester fucking bennington 😭😭😢

[@SomeRandomPiggo]

what

[@3er24t4g1]

Love the cat.

[@fentonpillay1037]

Bring that pussay ta me

[@starwarscollectionlive...6787]

Cheers Borat.

[@RT42069]

How about dumping highly concentrated H2O2 on anything that will burn (wood, paper, gasoline, etc)

[@dylanbednarz593]

all things are good. good work

[@LimitedGunnerGM]

HTH and Brake Fluid works well and it's less volatile

[@grendelum]

LimitedGunnerGM - *HTH* ?

[@remyllebeau77]

Calcium Hypochlorite aka the stuff sometimes used in pool shock treatment.

[@vince8963]

very cool video

[@coolideabd2858]

Nice tricks

[@michaelmorrison4201]

Pretty neat. I don't have a chemistry lab.

[@ahmadkamaran5132]

Now i know you can start fire by starting fire

[@akshayakumarswain2700]

Very nice sir

[@TigerTip44]

Dropwise !

[@JETWTF]

So which is better for starting the campfire?

[@burlierearth7]

I wonder if maybe a grenade was made where you pull the pin and when the lever lets go it releases 1 - 2 drops of sulphuric acid into a bath of potassium chloride and sugar, making a inferno grenade with a short fuse delay

[@crusher9z9]

This would probably be a Geneva convention violation? But absolutely something that should be made.

[@sonnyburnett5514]

@Depressed Aussie Ya got that right!!! A person ought a be able to have a little "Informational Fun" once in awhile. "NEVER STOP LEARNING!!!"🤞🤞

[@priyanshubir5501]

Waiting for the end😏👍

[@SwedishRagers]

Your chemical equation with 2C3H8O3 is incorrect. There is no equal amount of oxygen on both sides but anyways this video was really cool! Good job!

[@SwedishRagers]

Thanks for correcting me... I just took chemistry in high school so I'm like stupid.... and ur right... who cares

[@govindrao5249]

Hi, can matches stick can burn at at 3 inches with out touching chemical in chemistry

[@govindrao5249]

Can u send the formula

[@rmdsuhailftf3]

@@govindrao5249 hello sir I need a help .. Sir I saw 1 of my friend use 2 kind of powders wich creats a invisible spark and he use to put that on coconet and that coconet wl be broken sir ...pls help me.

[@eashaangodbole5410]

3rd one seemed best and most controllable

[@darsh94yt34]

Nice vedio

[@metalhed411]

Best ending music EVER!! (Linkin Park - Waiting for the end) R.I.P Chester Bennington! Im a musician and singer this day because of LP and Chester!.. I was into this video until the end and i was jumpimg for joy! Lol great experiments!

[@Manan720]

awesome

[@NC-curious]

3:30 what triggered the colour change

[@notaturnip545]

Pretty sure it was the zinc

[@NC-curious]

Dylan Jones i see.. thank you

[@rustyzza6017]

So cool

[@charlestong7530]

AYyy daystar students

[@mikegLXIVMM]

What manner of man are you that can summon up fire without flint or tinder?

[@tek4]

SOME Call me Tim.

[@mikegLXIVMM]

@@tek4 Tim the Enchanter.

[@susanp.collins7834]

You say in a ratio of 2:1. But which is the sugar and which is the permanganate?

[@matthewmontano9695]

fascinating

[@ProGamer.937]

Hey, that last one is Negative X!

[@babydoll420xx]

What zinc powder is it?? Is it zinc oxide??

[@believeit3203]

Potassium Permaganate and plain white sugar mixed together will also spontaneously combust

[@totallynotshaun4481]

Hmmm wonder where you'll find potassium permanganate and glycerin in the wild......

[@ilijaradosevic7445]

Kermoot

[@KatMinty]

From the glycerine tree

[@LiborTinka]

In the wild, the easiest way to start a fire is to thermolytically break down complex organic molecules leading to a release of gases that will readily combine with atmospheric oxygen, releasing more heat to sustain the combustion reaction. In simple terms: Rub two pieces of wood against each other.

[@i.g.304]

jaw dropping

[@osama7833]

Last reaction was vivid😱

[@jawadkhan686]

Do you have a lab where you get these chemicals?

[@ShutupNerd]

zinc powder is way darker?

[@roime99]

i like your videos

[@goldbergsam1540]

You made me miss Linkin Park .. :((

[@abdulkhadir4498]

Me thinking, caesium or potassium with wet wood

[@porkchopspapi5757]

Are you from Transilva ?

[@tinytitanicus]

I don’t think this should be available for everyone to watch

[@tszfunliu4604]

If the Chinese fire fighters have watched this before ...

[@Neog2]

Why was your water so blue?

[@iamreiver]

Don't know where I would find any of this. I'll just stick with making sparks on some good kindling.

[@abumusa2011]

great

[@IChromeDomeI]

Matches are probably cheaper than just using this. ;/

[@FUG_GOOGL]

That's not the point -_-

[@robertheal5137]

also, you can buy matches, but not most of that other stuff.

[@ilijaradosevic7445]

Goku Black

[@MillerJustinFS]

Not true. The first one for example only happens at around 70 degrees or above( room temp), if it's cold and rainy it's not going to work great.

[@mehdihussain6890]

Is it kcl ??

[@PBS-nm1uu]

where do you get all the ingredients to buy?

[@mikegLXIVMM]

ebay

[@lamerakusrichardson4042]

whts the main 2 household chemicals you can mix to make a bomb?

[@jacecolgrave4372]

A for effort in being discreet

[@xnemous3638]

Lol

[@floperina]

what kind of sugar did you use?

[@victoracosta4796]

White sugar.

[@MuhammadinaamAnjumInaam]

what was the elements of 2nd experiment? where you put some white powder and a drop

[@victoracosta4796]

Potassium chlorate and sugar plus sulfuric acid.

[@ilijaradosevic7445]

Can you make fire from flint stone smashed with ironin handle? It is not easy. People do it for Townsend of yeas?

[@hubfried0815]

i now one more way to make fire.Take Natriumhydroxid min.50%(Sodium Hydroxide) and Aluminiumpowder(optional together with Magnesiumpowder for more light and heat)but it works also only with Aluminiumpowder.

[@terrylick5908]

sure dose.👍

[@yevrahhipstar3902]

way cool

[@RAYTHEONGAMING]

Out of all these reactions which burns the hottest?

[@MrVaypour]

The one that's being demonstrated by a beutiful women.

[@ThinkScience7]

Me thinking rock was one of the options.

[@osamabinladen824]

Wow

[@roiimaoz4570]

kool!!!

[@jorgecallico9177]

Guess we shouldnt put out an ammonium nitrate fire with water huh?

[@tsbredlight9481]

Stove, metal in microwave, spitting flames, eating Taco Bell

[@monstergamer8351]

So is that how the made Greek or Roman fire can't remember which one made it.

[@ThePurpleKnightmare]

That first one looks like a great way to get back at package thieves.

[@simplementchimique]

100% copy of NurdRage's video, although very cool

[@uberLejoe]

EasyPeasyChemistry It's just a science demonstration, I'm quite sure they were done before NurdRage...

[@jean1999BOSS]

uberLejoe yea obviously but I guess it's a little bit useless to air a video if the exact same aired a couple of years before, though it's a nice video

[@thatplane3865]

uberLejoe yeah but nurd rage had the exact same thing plus he needs more subs like if u agree

[@namormcgovern580]

cool

[@susanp.collins7834]

How MUCH permanganate? How MUCH glycerin?

[@dannys3800]

how to you get potassium permanganate?

[@believeit3203]

at the hardware store. it is used in some water softener systems to reduce the smell of sulphur often found in well water. it comes in small (1 quart or so) containers. It can be bought at Lowes, home depot, etc. Almost anywhere actually.

[@Siryath]

good. i like

[@sathyak.h1895]

Sorry in Advance Your Accent bro...is difficult...

[@darijansekulic3815]

He have used sodium chlorate instead potassium chlorate Yellow flame

[@trevorwilliams1783]

(reads title) hmm perhaps a lighter instead of matches

[@verashanleyracho9371]

theory?

[@sidhantsharma6020]

why all chemical reactions are done by Russia ?

[@noonecz5201]

0:14 ... Shure !!!

[@BadDriversOz]

Hoo hoo hoo, sody-pop, watch it fizz....

[@Ciucciue-2z]

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[@benleonard36]

sodium metal + water = fire

[@jugsbts]

anyone know where to get Potassium Permanganate

[@terrylick5908]

yes from softner for hard water in hardware shops plumbing shops.👍

[@stanleyroy3549]

Sir go to medical shop and get it.

[@vajratimbers3789]

How a matchstick burn in air

[@revathypoikamukku2824]

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[@awawawfillmeupwithbullets1642]

lamo

[@Atapd]

op

[@eliasagrio]

excuse me, what language was that?