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Curated Video
How This Village Still Produces Million of Sparklers by Hand Every Year
Welcome back to the Fluctus Channel for a feature behind the production of the joyful sparklers pyrotechnics in India. Fluctus is a website and YouTube channel dedicated to sea geeks. Whenever you are curious or an incorrigible lover of...
Curated Video
US Crazy Solutions to Stop Wild Birds from Destroying Millions $ Fighter Jets
Welcome back to the Fluctus Channel as we delve deep into the dangers of bird strikes on aircraft and how this threat can be neutralized. Fluctus is a website and YouTube channel dedicated to sea geeks. Whenever you are curious or an...
Curated Video
How Matches Ignite and Burn
Explore the science behind matches and how they spark fire. Learn how components of a match, including red phosphorus, sulfur, ammonium phosphate, and paraffin wax, work together to ignite and sustain a flame. This video also explains...
Curated Video
Understanding How Fire Extinguishers Work
Understanding how fires are sustained is crucial in order to comprehend how fire extinguishers work. Fires require heat, fuel, and oxygen to persist, and by eliminating any one of these elements, the fire can be extinguished. There are...
Curated Video
Firecrackers: Exploring How They Work and Proper Usage
Learn about the composition and functioning of firecrackers. Black powder inside the cardboard tube ignites when the fuse is lit, causing a chain reaction that leads to an explosion, flash of light, and loud bang. This video also...
Physics Girl
Why outlets spark when unplugging - EMF & Inductors
When we cut the electricity to an inductor, we get a sudden intense spark across the switch. This is known as inductive kickback or a back EMF and is produced because of Faraday’s Law of Induction. Not mean to be tried at home! The...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Fireworks! Making Color
What gives a fireworks display its brilliant blue, green, and red colors? Learn how pyrotechnicians give fireworks color in this video segment adapted from NOVA.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Fireworks! Lifting Charge
In this video segment adapted from NOVA, learn how pyrotechnicians use common compounds to blast fireworks into the sky and give them shape.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: The Physics of Setting Leaves Aflame
Even if cheap pyrotechnics isn't your thing, the physics behind how this works is relevant to anyone with eyes.
Science for Kids
Science Kids: Experiment Videos: Pharaoh's Serpent
Watch a "Pharaoh's Serpent" reaction, which occurs during the combustion of mercury thiocyanate. [0:36]