Hello guys! While you were missing me, I was making a series of really impressive experiments.
Just what you like so much.
You've probably seen some experiments with liquid oxygen,
when different things, such as cigarettes, chips, whatnot
are soaked in it
and then get burned in a flashy way.
I filmed a series of runs on liquid oxygen interracting with various matters,
Today I gonna to show you how different hydrides burn in liquid oxygen
We'll start with the very first representative of hydrides -
lithium hydride
Pure lithium hydride is a matter of white colour that turns blue with time
In air lithium hydride burns in a calm red flame
But now we'll add some liquid oxygen to it
Now let's add some liquid oxygen to lithium aluminium hydride
For the next experiment I used lithium borohydride.
Lithium borohydride is an extremly flammable compound
that is able to inflame just from a single drop of water.
Also, fresh lithium borohydride may easily blaze up in humid atmosphere.
Here's a question for you:
why does lithium borohydride burn in a red flame in air and why does it burns in green in liquid oxygen?
Drop your guesses in the comments!
Sodium borohydride, however, burns in a very bright yellow flame in liquid oxygen.
Now you'll see a blasting burn of a rocket fuel component
decaborane in liquid oxygen
Now we'll set on fire the decaborane and liquid oxygen mixture
This was the first episode in the series of liquid oxygen experiments
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