A short film about the combustion of 5 elements: carbon, sodium, phosphorus, magnesium, and sulfur. This film is part of Envisioning Chemistry (www.BeautyOfScience.com/ec), the sequel to Beautiful Chemistry (www.beautifulchemistry.net). Still images http://beautyofscience.com/elemental-burning More Envisioning Chemistry films: Black (Lead) and White (Silver) vimeo.com/189611593 Crystallization2 vimeo.com/182216280 Precipitation3 https://vimeo.com/210108994 Precipitation2 https://vimeo.com/192774491 Credit Video: Yan Liang, Xiang Zhang, Wenting Zhu Edit: Yan Liang Experiment: Yan Liang, Xuchen Zhang, Huali Wang, Wei Huang Music: Apple iLife Sound Effects

Elemental Burning II

Elements can burn, some burn brightly, some burn beautifully, and some transform into weird shapes after burning. As a sequel to Elemental Burning, here we show the combustion of 4 more elements: lithium, hydrogen, iron, and potassium.

 

Combustion of lithium in the air

Combustion of lithium in the air

Combustion of iron powder in the air

Combustion of iron powder in the air

Combustion of hydrogen gas in the air (hydrogen generated by the reaction between lithium and water)

Combustion of hydrogen gas in the air (hydrogen generated by the reaction between lithium and water)

Combustion of potassium in the air

Combustion of potassium in the air