The detonating gas test


Well, what we've got here are Hydrogen and Oxygen...

In the year 2004 during my employment at the University of Bochum I got the chance to handle a device which could separate water into hydrogen and oxygen. The mixture of the elements, called detonation gas, could be transferred back into water with a little spark of initial energy.

The shown experiments look quite dangerous, and they are dangerous.

The people involved in the making of these Videos were a prospective mechanical engineer, a prospective chief blaster of the german armed forces, a prospective diploma chemist and a prospective diploma Skilled Forest Worker. Meanwhile, all of us finished our degrees successfully. We knew quite well what we were doing and took the necessary precautions.

Do not try this at home!!!

Knallgasprobe (1,58MB)

Knallgasrakete (4,35MB)

5 Liter Knallgasgemisch (4 MB)

Don't do this at home!!! You might suffer severe injurys!!!