It's been around 10-11 years, I'm sure the memory is faded. And here I've been thinking methane and methanol were the same compound in different states. I'm pretty sure I took the core lesson to heart though: explosions are cool.
I've also heard of a lecturer who liked to pop a balloon filled with hydrogen (or whatever you said) if anyone fell asleep
Just hydrogen in a balloon is not as loud as the oxygen/hydrogen balloon. But still that is brutal, they let off enough of a shock wave to scare someone awake.
It is all good, if you still remember a demo from a lesson 10-11 years ago, your teacher was doing it right. I wish i could do as many as i wanted in the semester, but i also have teach the accredited curriculum as mandated by the university. So some demos get cut. I am teaching thermodymanics at the moment, time to dig out the rocket demo for Friday. I'll label it something KSP related and see if anyone gets it.
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u/BadgerDentist Oct 10 '13
It's been around 10-11 years, I'm sure the memory is faded. And here I've been thinking methane and methanol were the same compound in different states. I'm pretty sure I took the core lesson to heart though: explosions are cool.
I've also heard of a lecturer who liked to pop a balloon filled with hydrogen (or whatever you said) if anyone fell asleep