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Posted: 12/25/2014 11:46:59 PM EDT
how do you make that? I've always been a sucker for this kind of stuff.

[url]http://www.bearingnews.org/2011/10/popular-chemistry-lab-deemed-unsafe/[url]
Link Posted: 12/28/2014 1:54:50 PM EDT
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It's pretty simple.  Mix dish soap and water like you would to make bubble blowing solution.  Release a methane stream underneath the surface of the liquid and voila, flammable foam.
Link Posted: 12/30/2014 7:21:46 PM EDT
[#2]
Interesting. Sounds fun but a little dangerous.
Link Posted: 12/30/2014 11:59:38 PM EDT
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Interesting. Sounds fun but a little dangerous.
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The best kind of fun.

It's fairly simple and burns away quickly, but as with many experiments, you just have to be safe about it.
Link Posted: 12/31/2014 12:01:30 AM EDT
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It's not dangerous as long as you hold it away from your face and anything flammable.  The water in the foam has enough heat capacity to keep your hands from getting burned.
Link Posted: 12/31/2014 6:52:19 PM EDT
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It's not dangerous as long as you hold it away from your face and anything flammable.  The water in the foam has enough heat capacity to keep your hands from getting burned.
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You know what. That sounds like it'd make for an awesome movie production stunt.
Link Posted: 12/31/2014 7:00:01 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 1/1/2015 12:57:47 AM EDT
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add some 99% ethanol to the dish soap and water to have 2 different colors of flame per bubble.
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