Unexpected fire hazard in shop

[Kenneth Jankura]

I remember one of my projects for grade school science class was  
burning a piece of steel wool to show something or other about rapid  
oxidation.

(For some less-than-well-thought-out reason, we were given carte  
blanche what to pick for a science project, as if you couldn't guess.)

  It's not the oils that burn, it's the steel itself.

Anyway, youtube has a bunch of films like these:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Yvw5epSmH3Q

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ElqYJ654eq4

Yes, be very very careful.

And have fun....

Ken Jankura RPT
Newville, PA



On Aug 29, 2007, at 8:43 AM, Andrew Remillard wrote:

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> There are oils in steel wool which obviously burn.  You can also  
> ignite it using a 9 volt battery.
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> Andrew Remillard
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