YT2095 Posted November 27, 2003 Share Posted November 27, 2003 ok, just to cheer me up a bit and maybe some of you, I`ve managed to get my FTP prog working again, and thought I might share one of my past experiments with you all just for a giggle here`s the setup: http://www.yt2095.net/experiments/picon1.JPG well it blew an 8 amp fuse within 2 seconds, so I thought I`de give the spark a hand and do it manualy; http://www.yt2095.net/experiments/picon2.JPG looking good, but it getts better! http://www.yt2095.net/experiments/picon3.JPG pretty sweet looking Arc now! here`s a closeup and look at the yellow coloration caused by the Sodium Ions http://www.yt2095.net/experiments/picon4.JPG here`s the weird part though!!!! http://www.yt2095.net/experiments/picon5.JPG note the distinct lack of charing? it`s quite literaly been Vaporised! kinda looks like a mouse hase been eating it, you can see where the one electrode had been due to the colored metal salts deposited in the onion core (they will be Chlorides, and Acetates) please DONT do any of this at home! other than being grossly unfair to pickled vegatables, you`de probably kill yourself too as these voltages and power levels are instantly fatal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blike Posted November 28, 2003 Share Posted November 28, 2003 dude, thats pretty sweet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted November 29, 2003 Share Posted November 29, 2003 nice. if somewhat of a waste of a very nice pickled onion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gene Posted November 29, 2003 Share Posted November 29, 2003 Heh, tHat is So Cool... But i wanna ask something... Can onions conduct electricity? How does electricity pass through it? By water? Or what? Oh i remeber something.... I went for a science exhibition and i was surprise to see that an apple could light up the bulb whereby two wires with points were plugged into the appl and connected to the light bulb. Well, i could get the person to explain to me beacause she could not speak english very well... I could understand what she was saying... Language barrier. This experiment reminds me of this apple thing... Maybe there is some kinda of relation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YT2095 Posted November 29, 2003 Author Share Posted November 29, 2003 yes they most certainly can, as demonstrated in the pics. In fact they conduct particularly well, hence I blew an 8 amp fuse across one LOL. this is primarily if not solely due to the water content with dissolved ions, namely the Salt and the Vinigar (an acid). despite popular beleif water alone isn`t all that good a conductor of elecricity, certainly at very high voltages the losses due to resistance in the water are negligable and will certainly harm you if you mess about with it (maybe even kill you), but of course if you dissolve ionic materials in the water at sufficient concentration, the water may as well be a peice of metal for conduction! the experiment you saw, is an example of a simple battery, typicaly the metals used are Copper and Zinc then stuck into a lemon, look up on Google about a man called Voltaire, and the 1`st battery ever made Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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