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Making Your Own Fire Extinguisher: What You Need

Make your own fire extinguisher with vinegar, bicarbonate of soda and a candle. Pour vinegar into a plastic bottle until it's about one-third full. Put the bung into the neck of the bottle while keeping a finger over the free end. Point the end of the tube at the lighted candle and Observe what happens to the candle.

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Making Your Own Fire Extinguisher: What You Need

Make your own fire extinguisher with vinegar, bicarbonate of soda and a candle. Pour vinegar into a plastic bottle until it's about one-third full. Put the bung into the neck of the bottle while keeping a finger over the free end. Point the end of the tube at the lighted candle and Observe what happens to the candle.

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Activity 7:

Making Your Own Fire Extinguisher


What You Do Push the tubing through the hole in the bung. Carefully light the candle and stand it upright on the lid. (Melting the base of the candle beforehand a little will help it attach to the lid.) Using the funnel, put 3 teaspoons of bicarbonate of soda into the bottle. Pour the vinegar into the bottle until its about one-third full. Put the bung (with its tubing attached) quickly and firmly into the neck of the bottle while keeping a finger over the free end of the tube. Move your finger away and point the end of the tube at the lighted candle. Be careful not to let the tube touch the candle. Observe what happens to the candle.

What You Need Vinegar Bicarbonate of soda A plastic bottle Tubing A bung that fits the top of the bottle and has a hole big enough for the tubing to be pushed through A candle A foil plate or the plastic lid of a screw-top jar A funnel Measuring spoons

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