Friday, 9 November 2007

Lighting a Bunsen Burner with your finger

I recently done this demonstration in class, and I thought you might want to see it again.



This was the result of electrons jumping across from a charged person to a Bunsen burner, when the person has a very high voltage on them. The current is really small (there's only a small spark) so the man is perfectly safe.

Remember - voltage gives you shocks and current causes heating!

Oh and just in case you're wondering what high voltage AND high current looks like...

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