Re: fire from water.
From: Repeating Rifle (salmonegg_at_sbcglobal.net)
Date: 12/31/04
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Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 02:01:15 GMT
in article 1104432844.990810@game.trilobyte.net, Neil Lawrence at
NeilDogL@trilobyte.net wrote on 12/30/04 10:54 AM:
> At a recent outing with a youth group (I am an adult advisor) one of
> the other advisors started a fire by pouring water on the camp fire. I
> know he had done something previously to prepare the effect, however he
> won't share his secret. I thought of the obvious like K metal however I
> can't see that being able to sit for any length of time in a stable
> condition waiting to be ignited. I also thought of a pool chlorinator
> but wasn't able to generate that much heat in my own tests.
>
> Has anyone here done this before and if so what was the material used?
>
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> Neil Lawrence
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> Take out the dog before replying.
When I was a kid, a counselor in camp did something like that. IIRC over the
decades, he used concentrated sulfuric acid and potassium chlorate. I think
potassium permanganate would work well too. I understand that glycerine and
potassium permanganate might do the job as well.
Do not rely upon mymemory. Check it out. Be carfeful.
Bill
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