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  2. Sodium bicarbonate rocket - Wikipedia

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    In the experiment, a film canister is filled with water, an effervescent tablet (commonly Alka-Seltzer) is added and the canister tightly sealed. After a short time, the pressure of the carbon dioxide is great enough to cause the body of the canister to be launched into the air with a popping sound. The canister may be embellished with paper ...

  3. 5 DIY experiments mini scientists can do at home - AOL

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    If you’re looking for fun and educational ways to occupy your mini scientists, try these 5 DIY experiments. The post 5 DIY experiments mini scientists can do at home appeared first on In The Know.

  4. Lava lamp - Wikipedia

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    A lava lamp is a decorative lamp, invented in 1963 by British entrepreneur Edward Craven Walker, the founder of the lighting company Mathmos. It consists of a bolus of a special coloured wax mixture inside a glass vessel, the remainder of which contains clear or translucent liquid.

  5. Alka-Seltzer - Wikipedia

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    Alka-Seltzer is an effervescent antacid and pain reliever owned by Bayer since 1978. First marketed by the Dr. Miles Medicine Company of Elkhart, Indiana , United States , Alka-Seltzer contains three active ingredients: aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid or ASA), sodium bicarbonate , and anhydrous citric acid . [ 1 ]

  6. Lavarand - Wikipedia

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    A wall of lava lamps at the offices of Cloudflare Random number generator based on lava lamp motion Lavarand , also known as the Wall of Entropy , is a hardware random number generator designed by Silicon Graphics that worked by taking pictures of the patterns made by the floating material in lava lamps , extracting random data from the ...

  7. Edward Craven Walker - Wikipedia

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    Edward Craven Walker (4 July 1918 – 15 August 2000) was a British inventor, [1] who invented the psychedelic Astro lamp, also known as the lava lamp. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] War record

  8. MythBusters (2006 season) - Wikipedia

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    All lava lamp tests produced violent reactions, with the reactions differing depending on the lamp's design: When lava lamps with safety caps exploded, they vented their contents out through the tops of the lamps because of the safety caps popping off (as designed). The Build Team then tested a bottle-capped lava lamp, which leaked due to a ...

  9. Mathmos - Wikipedia

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    The Astro lamp, or lava lamp, was invented around 1963 by Edward Craven Walker.It was adapted from a design for an egg timer spotted in a pub in Dorset, England. Edward and Christine Craven-Walker licensed the product to a number of overseas markets whilst continuing to manufacture for the European market themselves under the original name of the company, Crestworth. [3]