What Happens When You Light A Ping Pong On Fire?

This guy decided to find out..

You might be surprised at what happens.  There are also 9 other crazy tricks that this ambitious home experimenter decided to do and video record everything.  NOTE:  DO NOT TRY THESE WITHOUT THE SUPERVISION OF A PROFESSIONAL.

A lot of these really just demonstrate simple laws of everyday physics.

Here are the descriptions of a few more of the tricks you will see:

2. Rising water:

When the glass is placed over the candle, the flame burns up the oxygen, forming a vacuum. The vacuum sucks the water from the plate into the glass. Other versions of this trick ask for the candle to be attached to the plate but I thought it was cool to see the candle float up.

3. Crayon candle:

Very simple and fun to do. Hold a flame to the crayon for 15 or 20 seconds and it will light and stay burning for 5 to 10 minutes.

4. Burning ping pong balls:

Ping pong balls are highly flammable. They are made of celluloid. I was shocked the first time I lit one. It literally bursts into flames. The fumes can be highly toxic so if you perform this trick, do it outside and don’t breathe in the fumes.

We hope you enjoy the video!



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