Just wondering what ingredients flame and why?
2006-07-26 17:23:07 · 14 answers · asked by david f 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
the alcohol, however you cannot make regular vodka burn. it may light if you are good, but it will go out very soon. you need something 99 proof or higher. it has to be 50% alcohol. bacardi 151, everclear, sometimes even rumpleminze will light. if you want a regular drink to flame, usually the bartender pours a tad 151 on the top.
2006-07-26 19:18:52 · answer #1 · answered by bargirl_2323 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The ethanol (ethyl alcohol) is what burns and here's how and why...
Alcohol is the name given to a group of moloecules called hydrocarbons. The alcohol present in drinks is ethanol. These hydrcarbons contain many chemical bonds and in turn a large energy potential. When the the alcohol is lit by a another sourse of energy(lighter) the bonds break rapidly releasing energy inthe form of heat. Fossil fuels such as petroleum and coal contain hydrocarbons. As a point of interest internal combustion engines do not efficiently harvest the energy contained in fossil fuels and hence pollute the atosphere. In a simiiar comparison our bodies extract energy from similiar bonds such as carbohydrates(sugars) and lipids(fats).
2006-07-26 17:55:03 · answer #2 · answered by mark c 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The alcohol in booze is a type of alcohol called ethanol alcohol (as opposed to isopropyl alcohol which is the type of alcohol in rubbing alcohol). Anyhow, ethanol is flammable but most booze is 40% ethanol or less, so it doesn't have enough total ethanol to burn. However, anything with a higher percentage can possibly be flammable.
2006-07-26 17:28:59 · answer #3 · answered by anarchy burger hold the govt. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Blue smarties in a colourless cordial of a few type. Water wont have the comparable effect - I dont think of. We had a occasion as quickly as the place somebody have been given very decrease than the impression of alcohol. He stored soliciting for extra so we filled a bottle of pink wine with ribena and merely poured him that. He had sobered somewhat yet he nonetheless concept he exchange into ingesting and gave the impression to be lots extra decrease than the impression of alcohol and falling approximately because of the fact he concept he had had lots alcohol, his speech slurred and he didnt make any experience. yet we didnt have the guts to tell him that he were on non alcoholic for some hours! And while he complained of a hangover we merely smiled and handed him the alka seltzer besides!! So your chum could think of she is decrease than the impression of alcohol and as a result, to her, she IS!!!
2016-11-03 02:16:44 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The alcohol in the drinks makes them flammable.
2006-07-26 17:24:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, you need to light them on fire, usually with a match or lighter. anything that is high enough alcohol will light. An example would be rum 151.
2006-07-26 17:25:53 · answer #6 · answered by al 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alcohol is flammable. I think that anything over 35 proof will actually catch fire and burn.
2006-07-26 17:26:02 · answer #7 · answered by Adrianna Christens 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because it's a hydrocarbon. also called ethyl alcohol.
C2 H5 OH. the OH (hydroxy group) makes it an alcohol.
gasoline is a hydrocarbon and therefore flammable.
2006-07-26 18:47:50 · answer #8 · answered by chit-chaat7 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Somebody probably lit it with a Bic lighter when you weren't looking. Be careful, David.
2006-07-26 17:26:10 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its the fumes from the alcohol that ignite.
2006-07-26 17:31:33 · answer #10 · answered by metrobluequeen1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋