I need to make a model volcano...

[Flammable]

Originally posted by: jagec

Originally posted by: Rubycon
Sulfuric acid and sugar.

That IS a nice one, but it would be more appropriate for undersea vents or pillow lava.

How about a super high-temperature furnace that actually melts rock, then pressurizes it to shoot out the top?

safety gloves!

 

[OrganizedChaos]

http://www.tannerite.com/

 

[patentman]

Hunk of sodium metal +water +vinnegar+baking soda.... wear safety glasses.

 

[StevenYoo]

Originally posted by: patentman
Hunk of sodium metal +water +vinnegar+baking soda.... wear safety glasses.

and, if you do your calculations right, the resulting solution will have a pH of 7!

 

[IronWing]

Supplies:

10 pound bag of flour.
Shop vac or leaf blower.
Window screen.
Bed sheet to hide your volcano from prying eyes prior to presentation.
Card table.
Stuff to stack under screen, on top of the table.

Carefully spread the flour on top of the screen. Position the leaf blower or shop vac under the table with the outlet aimed up at the screen.

When it's time for your presention: remove the sheet and turn on the blower.

Take pictures.

Then go on to discuss the eruption of Mt Vesuvius in 79 AD.

 

[videogames101]

Originally posted by: Rallispec
well - i think the air compressor is the perfect resource, youv'e got to take advantage of it...

here is what i'd do - start with a cardboard cylender - maybe 4-8 inches in diamter - and build you're volcano around that using whatever you want. foam, cake, anything... -- i guuess really it all depends on how big you want to go.

my next thought it to use hook your air compressor up to a balloon... place the balloon in the base of the cylinder and fill the cylinder up 2/3 with your lava material... i liked the red cake batter idea.... maybe sprinkle you're volcano structure material over the lava to hide it...

then --- start pumping air into the balloon -- it will push the lava up and over the top of the cylinder and down the edges of the volcano -- and then once critical mass of the balloon is reached - BOOM -- lava goes everywhere and the top half of your valcano (depending on what you make it out of) could get blown off... You might even put some sharp pins or needles inside the cardboard tube to make sure you get the pop when you want it.

that's my initial thought...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5nDDpXv3kg

enjoy and yes, i'll by redoing this, and i'll post the vid later...


(I added smoke bombs, btw!)

 

[Nohr]

lol, most lifelike model volcano EVAR.

 

[Rallispec]

heh... actually looks like it could be pretty cool -- def. needs more lava and more explosiveness!


is the volcano made out of dirt?

 

[uhohs]

Originally posted by: Nohr
lol, most lifelike model volcano EVAR.

lololololol.

 

[SSSnail]

I'm laughing in tears here... excuse me... sniff sniffs.

BEST. VIDEO. EVAR!!!

 

[bcoupland]

LOLOLOL... that was hilarious! I was in tears. Here's an idea: if you put some HCl in a 2L pop bottle with the most aluminum foil you can fit for greater surface area, put the lid on VERY quickly, this will produce -COPIOUS- amounts of hydrogen. The pressure will cause the bottle to expand to more than twice its size, and then explode due to pressure. However, if you put say, a lit candle next to the expanding bottle, you'll get a massive flaming ball of hydrogen. It's best to have the candle lit before mixing the foil and HCl. Oh yeah, don't forget to run for you life... at least 50 metres. That, along with the rest of the stuff, could make for an interesting volcano. It could be the initial explosion that blows off the top of the volcano.

 

[videogames101]

Originally posted by: SSSnail
I'm laughing in tears here... excuse me... sniff sniffs.

BEST. VIDEO. EVAR!!!

I know, and i'm going to add some sulfuric acid and suger for black ash and stuff... i'll keep this updated as i go! (this is the most fun i've had, while still quote, "learning")

 

[Rubycon]

What in the world - it looked like a doggie boner there for a min. :Q

 

[TuxDave]

ROFL!!!!!!

 

[alien42]

hilarious, thanks for the laugh

 

[videogames101]

Ok, i'm going to add a pin to make it explode earlier, much more lava, more smoke, and sulfuric acid with suger.... In about 1 day i'll post the results..... fun fun!

 

[johnjbruin]

hahaha - awesome