I think I learned back in the early 60's when I was a Boy Sprout that the stuff would burn quite handily..... les bartlett _____ From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of paul bruesch Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 5:53 PM To: Pianotech List Subject: Re: Unexpected fire hazard in shop 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 <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 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.12.12/979 - Release Date: 08/29/2007 8:21 PM -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070830/022bb4da/attachment.html
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