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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 1999  > June  >
Chemistry Everyday for Everyone
Tested Demonstrations
The Methane Balloon
submitted by: Walter H. Corkern and Elvin Hughes Jr.
Department of Chemistry, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA 70402

checked by: J.E. Eddleton
Department of Chemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0212

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June 1999
Vol. 76 No. 6
p. 794
Abstract
This demonstration is used to demonstrate that methane is flammable and lighter than air and that a relatively small amount of methane can produce a big flame and a large amount of heat. The objectives of are (i) to describe a novel method of inflating a balloon with methane, (ii) to show that methane is lighter than air, and (iii) to demonstrate the flammability of methane.
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Citation
Corkern, Walter H.; Hughes, Elvin, Jr. J. Chem. Educ. 1999, 76, 794.
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Keywords
Demonstrations; Teaching / Learning Aids; Gases; Introductory / High School Chemistry
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History
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Last Updated:
5/11/1999
6/16/2008
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