Fire Syringe

Veritasium
Contributed By
Veritasium
Resource Type
Instructional Resource
Keywords
adiabatic compression fire syringe heat temperature experiments burn burning flame
Subjects
Science
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Fire Syringe

When air is compressed very quickly, it can reach high temperatures. In this demonstration we show how cotton wool can reach the point of auto-ignition by quick compression of air in the fire syringe.
Publisher
Veritasium

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