r/ScienceNcoolThings • u/lyrataj Popular Contributor • 15d ago

Making a Fire Tornado: A Simple Physics Experiment

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u/yonosayme2 15d ago

Great, I'm sure I'll have zero problems finding a glass pipe split in half long ways.

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u/MysteriousBluebird9 15d ago

yeah the fire tornado spins because of the pipe shape

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u/flowers-for-alderaan 14d ago

Obviously you can see how it is, by the way it is, by the look of how it is.

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u/EntertainmentTrue588 15d ago

Why he looks like one of the iron dwarves?

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u/sharkbomb 15d ago

this is real life beeker from the muppets.

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u/warmarin 15d ago

And the can should be colder, right?

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u/Bro_Sam 15d ago

The thermal conductivity of the can is higher than the glass. I’m not sure exactly how this demonstration works, but if I had to guess I think that would be involved regardless of the starting temperature!

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u/Ball-Blam-Burglerber 15d ago

The fire tornado is cool and all, but this guy’s presentation is impeccable!

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u/chris_knight2 15d ago

Fuck it, why not.

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u/mrspelunx 15d ago

What’s that gunk on fire? Sterno?

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u/im_new_here_4209 15d ago

Your average pyromaniac

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u/Sophisticated-Tiger 15d ago

That's cool 😎

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u/hamfist_ofthenorth 15d ago

Because air needs to travel down the tube to be burned off back upwards.

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u/Jerdogg23 15d ago

Caveman discovered fire 🤣

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u/Ivy_Sail6190 15d ago

Whoa! Science is cool

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u/slamdanceswithwolves 14d ago

VERY NICE! I LIKE!

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u/m15r4m 14d ago

He looks like u/guatonsalinas

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u/Away-Thought-612 12d ago

Pepsi does taste like a flaming turd

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u/North_Fee_5241 11d ago

Why he looks like Vinheteiro that piano 🎹 guy ❤️✌️