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Title: Dark Flames - Garage Science
Post by: thedoc on 20/03/2013 18:07:36

It sounds like something out of a horror film, but this is a lovely experiment which makes a bright orange flame seem dark, and has lead to scientists finding out the composition of stars on the other side of the universe.

 Read more about this experiment. (http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/content/kitchenscience/garage-science/exp/dark-flames/)


Garage science is a blog of science experiments you probably can't or shouldn't do at home

 

Title: Dark Flames - Garage Science
Post by: Mr. Scientist on 05/11/2009 10:13:51

Interesting.

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Post by: Kouroth on 15/11/2009 08:07:45

Those energy wave diagrams look a lot like what you get when you spin fluids in a bucket at high speeds. Different speeds form different shapes in the water. You get triangles, squares, ovals and maybe other shapes. Just thought I'd point that out.

Title: Dark Flames - Garage Science
Post by: daveshorts on 25/11/2009 15:41:35

That is not an effect I was aware of. but I think they are probably related effects, you get some form of circular standing wave in the bucket, in a similar way to a circular standing wave around the nucleus.

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Post by: mama1 on 05/02/2010 10:41:00

HOW do yu MAKE it? please tell me......