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Fire Syringe

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Veritasium

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Sun, 10 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT
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When air is compressed very quickly, it can reach high temperatures. In this demonstration we show how cotton wool can reach the point of auto-ignition by quick compression of air in the fire syringe.

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