This is an experiment where balloons are filled with gasses and ignited! As we know when a balloon is popped it makes a loud noise, well with hydrogen and oxygen mixture, when ignited it makes the loudest sound. This reaction releases a good amount of energy which causes the air around it to expand, causes an instant explosion. Pure hydrogen, when ignited, has a softer explosion than that of the oxygen and hydrogen mixture because the air is not expanded as much. Thus, causing the explosion emitted not to be as a loud as the mixture; however, a large flame is produced. What causes this explosion is sudden pressure from heat that produces gases. The gaseous reaction is 2 H2(g) + O2(g) → 2 H2O(g) which is also exothermic, a reaction where heat is released. I find this to be a pretty cool informative experiment, who does not like when stuff pops especially when you find out the scientific reason behind it??!!!!
Submitted by Niquana Smith
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