Unexpected fire hazard in shop

[paul bruesch]

Yeah, I was gonna impress my boys... 11 and 14 yrs old. I got out some steel
wool and asked if they knew what it was. No.  "It's steel wool", I said.
11-yo said, "OH! You can light it with a battery."

So much for surprising kids these days, eh?

On 8/30/07, Kenneth Jankura <kenrpt at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> 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:
>
> >
> >
> > There are oils in steel wool which obviously burn.  You can also
> > ignite it using a 9 volt battery.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Andrew Remillard
> > ANRPiano.com
> > 5008 Fairview Ave
> > Downers Grove, IL  60515
> > 630-852-5058
>
>
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