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Burning Fire Inside of Dry Ice

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It seems counterintuitive that you could start a fire inside a block of dry ice. But in this video from the Royal Society of Chemistry, scientist Declan Fleming shows how magnesium can ignite and stay lit inside a block of dry ice. As the CO2 is thermally split into carbon and oxygen, the magnesium consumes the oxygen until depleted, leaving carbon as the final product.
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Fire Inside Dry Ice

It seems contradictory that you can make fire in a dry ice block. However, in this video of the Royal Society of Chemistry, the scientist Declan Fleming shows how magnesium is inflamed and burned in a dry ice block. While the CO2 is thermally split into carbon and oxygen, the magnesium consumes the oxygen until it is used up. Carbon remains the end product. (Direct link, via The Kid Should See This)

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theawesomer.com broke the news on Wednesday, June 18, 2025.
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