Flame retardant

body. Strike the torch and open the acetylene valve slowly until the black nasty smoke goes away. Hold the high pressure lever down and Slowly open the oxygen valve on the torch handle and you’ll see the yellow flame disappear. Make sure you adjust the oxygen valve until the six little flames coming off of the tip are rounded off. You can now successfully cut whatever metal you need to. To properly shut down the oxy acetylene cutting torch you must first cut off…

3rd Title: Gunpowder QPOEE Question: Which amount of Sulfur(.25 grams, .5 grams, .75 grams, and 1 gram) creates the closest reaction with fire as the store bought gunpowder in terms of size of flame and the time duration of the flame? Knowledge Probe: The equation for the reaction of our gunpowder is 10Na NO3 + 8C + 3S → 2 Na2 CO3 + 3Na2SO4 + 6CO2 + 5N2. This shows that Sodium Nitrate is reacting with Carbon/Charcoal and Sulfur to form Nitrogen, Carbon…

on top of the tripod. 2. Add the seaweed to the tin lid and place on top of the gauze (try not to use any ‘pods’ of seaweed as they pop when heated which could be dangerous). Light the Bunsen burner and heat the seaweed in the tin lid on the blue flame until it has all been reduced to ash. This step involves heating the seaweed so it is reduced to ash to extract the iodine (in which it is present as an iodide) and make it easier to incorporate with…

changing the size of the flame. The flame sizes tested were 3 cm, 5cm, and 7cm. It was predicted that if the flame was bigger, then the screw would fall out quicker because there was more of the flame exposed to the TPS, causing it to deteriorate quicker. It was found that 5 cm flame caused the least amount of damage to the TPS. It showed that the TPS was very effective, because the screw stayed attached to the wooden dowel for the longest period of time. With the 5cm flame, the screw stayed…

as here where Davids face flamed, but it really did not flame, it just turned very red. “Oddly penetrating,her eye stopped on me for an instant and my face flamed (21).” His face did not litterly catch on flames it was just said that way to make it more vivid to the reader. The last literary device is personification. “….. And watched the flames flicker and dance and then, one by one, die (127).” It helps the reader visualize the flames moving as if they were dancing. These literary devices…

“The most tangible of all visible mysteries-Fire,” said by Leigh Hunt brings us to think how amazing and destructive something so beautiful can be. Fire is considered one of the four basic elements and the fact is that nothing is basic about fires. The chemical process that occurs is what we see when the fire dances in front of our eyes. In the safety field there is an increased need for fire knowledge so that we can prevention and train employees on them. There are many components to consider…

cannot burn with water, so a fire will heat the wood to a temperature of 212℉, so that the water inside the wood boils and escapes as steam (Synonym ). As wood dries, at 572℉ it begins to release combustible gases that ignite when they contact an open flame. The gases then burn slowly raise the temperature to around 1100℉. When wood burns its releasing energy that it has been stored for years. As the tree grows, it catches the sunlight and uses it to combine water and carbon dioxide…

emitted light being distinct and personalized to each cation used in this experiment, flame tests are limited with regards to their inability to identify more than one metal cation present in a solution.13 If two or more cations were present in a solution, the results are highly probable of being classified as indefinite since the color of the flame cannot be clearly attributed to a single cation. The colors of flame tests are also susceptible to subjectivity, especially when it comes to some…

Wicks n' More is known for their high-quality, hand-poured fragrance candles. I had the chance to sit down with the co-founders and former owners, Beckey and Kim Neal. Wicks n' More was founded in 1998 by mother and daughter, in the garage as a hobby. Both, Beckey and Kim, gave their opinion about a small family business and about the process of the product. This business is successful and is now a multi-million dollar business where candles are sold all over the globe. Beckey and Kim still…

Carcinogenic Chemical Product: Fire Retardants Fire safety is a vital part of the modern technological society and as responsible citizens it is important to recognise that, with the aid of fire retardants, there is a prolong time frame of escaping from fires. This widely used carcinogenic product is composed of certain chemical elements within numerous everyday products (either inside the polymeric material or as an external layer) that help combat the ignition through chemical reactions at…