Try this spectacular demonstration to make a rocket using a plastic drink bottle fuelled by hydrogen and air. Includes kit list and safety instructions.

Aug 15, 2008 · In this chemistry lab, students investigate how to build and launch a simple rocket that uses hydrogen and oxygen gases that will be mixed to propel the rocket (large bulb plastic pipette).

Use a hydrogen gas cylinder to fill the "rocket" with hydrogen gas. (The rocket consists of a cardboard cylinder with a metal bottom and a plastic cover. The metal bottom has a small nail sized hole in the middle. The plastic cover has a pencil-sized hole in the middle)

Professor Hal Sosabowski, from Brighton University, uses an explosive mixture of hydrogen and air in a plastic bottle to show how rockets work, using a piece of drainpipe as a rocket launcher. This experiment also demonstrates Newton's second law, that every action has an equal and opposite reaction.

Dec 18, 2012 · Use electricity to split tap water into hydrogen and oxygen gases, then use this explosive gas mixture to power a two-stage, electronically timed rocket.

The space shuttle uses liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen for its three main engines. The hydrogen is the fuel and the oxygen is the oxidizer. Without either one the shuttle would not make it to outer space. Hydrogen and oxygen are two gases that react with each other in a very quick, exothermic manner.

Oct 3, 2020 · This lab exercise exposes students to a potentially new alternative energy source—hydrogen gas. Student teams are given a hydrogen generator and an oxygen generator. They balance the chemical equation for the combustion of …

Apr 22, 2019 · Craig Beals demonstrates how hydrogen and oxygen gas can be made in the lab and used as a fuel to propel a mini rocket across the lab. This experiment shows several types of reactions...

Discover practical experiments, demonstrations and worksheets to help 11–16 year olds explore the use of hydrogen as an alternative fuel for transport.

Hy­dro­gen is a gas with no col­or or smell, and is lighter than air. In air it eas­i­ly com­busts with an ex­plo­sion, and the prod­uct of com­bus­tion is wa­ter. Zn + 2HCl → Zn­Cl₂ +H₂. 2H₂ + O₂ → 2H₂O.