Fire

What is the video about? This video captures many beautiful and extraordinary flames created by Prof. Fei Qi's research team at the Combustion Lab, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Why do they create these flames? By studying these flames, the researchers want to get a better understanding of the complicated combustion process. They want to know what chemical reactions occur inside the flames, how the flames are affected by gas flow, and what factors determine flame stability. Why should the general public pay attention to this research? Since most of our energy comes from the combustion of fossil fuels, a better understanding of the combustion process would improve energy efficiency and reduce air pollution. In addition, future combustion scientists might help to develop a special engine powerful enough to send humans to the Mars. The BOS team plan to film more beautiful films in research labs This film is a new beginning. Beauty of Science team hope to collaborate with more researchers to capture the beauty of chemistry in the labs. We hope our new films could give the public a glimpse of the frontier of chemical research and let them appreciate the work of chemists who are striving to create a better and greener future. For more photos of beautiful flames: https://www.envisioningchemistry.com/the-beauty-of-flames Credits Producers: Yan LIANG, Fei QI Photographers: Wenting ZHU, Yan LIANG Editor: Yan LIANG Researchers: Fei QI, Xunchen LIU, Yi GAO, Lei LI Students: Guoqing WANG, Liangliang XU, Sirui WANG, Xiaoyuan Yang, Chen FU, Jianyi ZHENG, Zongqiu LI, Haodong ZHANG

Elements can burn, some burn brightly, some burn beautifully, and some transform into weird shapes after burning. In this film we show the combustion of 5 elements: carbon, sodium, phosphorus, and magnesium, and sulfur. For more films, please visit http://envisioningchemistry.com Credit: Video: Yan Liang Producer: Yan Liang

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. For more films, please visit: http://envisioningchemistry.com Credit: Video: Yan Liang Producer: Yan Liang

Chemical reactions are all around us. Fire is a type of chemical reaction between oxygen in the air and flammable materials such as gasoline or wood. In this film, we used high-speed photography to shoot common fire in everyday life. When things are slow down, do you discover something new? For more films, please visit: http://envisioningchemistry.com Credit: Video: Yan Liang Producer: Yan Liang