Sweet! Certainly shows that given that the right ingredients are present and cause and effect are dramatic the "Burp" can produce profound reactions. Cool, I gota get me some dry ice and a fool [other than this one] to set it off!
Jerry Flaherty
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On Thu, 8 Nov 2007 03:48:15 -0700 (MST), you wrote:

You put a little water a a small piece of dry ice (frozen carbon dioxide)
into it and close the top. The solid warms up, turns to gas and --- pop.
Like popping a champagne cork. It gets the students' attention. The top
actually slams off of our 15 foot class ceiling and lands well up the rows
of students.

It is more fun with bigger bottles.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTP4yp8y_NA

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=dry+ice

(I did that once with a 24-ounce soft drink bottle. Split the thing open right down the side. I have a local Ingles supermarket that sells dry ice for 99
cents a pound).
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