Resumen de Methanol Cannon Demonstrations Revisited

Lisa S. Jutte, David A. Dolson, Michael E. Dolson, Michael R. Hall, Rubin Battino

• The methanol "cannon" is a popular demonstration where emphasis is placed on a vapor-phase explosive mixture simulating the explosions occurring in a car engine when a cylinder is filled with a fuel mixture from a carburetor. Here we describe two interesting variations to the demonstration. The first is a "chain" reaction using real metal chains. The second involves using easily available components to produce sequential explosions that can be musical in nature.