SCIENCE!!!!!!!!!

[KT 💣 KλBoƠM]

I found this SCIENCE VIDEO so fascinating I decided to share it! I was told about it on the BRV Nation Discord:

Bizarre travelling flame discovery by Steve Mould.

Links he mentions in the video:
JK Brickworks vide

[Sandman[SA]]

This reminds me of when you see how some tire mechanics bead large truck tires.  You can't just inflate them with air naturally.  This is because the tire is commonly squashed down during transport and is then too narrow to reach the bead edge of the rim it's being mounted on.  So, to get the tire to bead, an explosion is required.  Usually, engine starter fluid is used in these cases.  But you can't just spray in starter fluid, set it on fire and the tire just magically pops right on.  Sure, the fluid will burn.  But you need to balance the amount of air to fuel correctly to achieve the explosion.  This is called a stoichiometric ratio.  This formula also applies to all types of combustion engines.  I had to learn all about that in emissions testing class.

[Kodiac]

This reminds me, i ordered a Bambu P1S 3d printer. It’s gonna me a great summer.

[KT 💣 KλBoƠM]

This reminds me, i ordered a Bambu P1S 3d printer. It’s gonna me a great summer.

Ooh are you going to make videos of all the fun you will be having?

[KT 💣 KλBoƠM]

This reminds me of when you see how some tire mechanics bead large truck tires.  You can't just inflate them with air naturally.  This is because the tire is commonly squashed down during transport and is then too narrow to reach the bead edge of the rim it's being mounted on.  So, to get the tire to bead, an explosion is required.  Usually, engine starter fluid is used in these cases.  But you can't just spray in starter fluid, set it on fire and the tire just magically pops right on.  Sure, the fluid will burn.  But you need to balance the amount of air to fuel correctly to achieve the explosion.  This is called a stoichiometric ratio.  This formula also applies to all types of combustion engines.  I had to learn all about that in emissions testing class.

Holy crap! I had no idea!!

[Sandman[SA]]

Holy crap! I had no idea!!

Science is such a wonderful thing.  Did you know that while an engine is running, there are typically up to 5 different compounds being produced?  CO (Carbon Monoxide) is just one of them.  There is also CO2 (Cabon Dioxide), O2 (Oxygen), NOX (Nitrogen Oxide) and NO2 (Nitrogen Dioxide).  With a nearly perfectly tuned fuel to air mixture and catalytic converters involved, the dominant compounds coming out of the tail pipe are CO2 and O2.  Basically H2O.  This is why you will see steam coming out of a tail pipe on a cold day.   Gas is a hydrocarbon after all, so it just makes sense.

[Kodiac]

Science go boom. I looove when i teach with fire and explosions.

[KT 💣 KλBoƠM]

Nitrous make boom go BIG BoOm!!!

[Sandman[SA]]

Nitrous make boom go BIG BoOm!!!

You're not wrong.  Nitrous oxide is an oxidizer after all.

[Kodiac]

It says it in the name! 😂🤣

[Sandman[SA]]

It says it in the name! 😂🤣

True.  But not everyone knows that.  It has medical uses too.  Most people just call it Nitrous or Nos and only are aware that it can be used as a power adder for an engine.  Which yes, you certainly can.  But you better add more fuel to the engine with it.  Or else you will melt pistons. 

[KT 💣 KλBoƠM]

It says it in the name! 😂🤣

True.  But not everyone knows that.  It has medical uses too.  Most people just call it Nitrous or Nos and only are aware that it can be used as a power adder for an engine.  Which yes, you certainly can.  But you better add more fuel to the engine with it.  Or else you will melt pistons. 

True and even if people see the full name, with many it just does not occur to them.