Chief Scientist Carl Nelson demonstrates how to launch a rocket using combustable vapors from ethyl alcohol.
A small amount of alcohol is put inside a two liter bottle. The liquid is removed and the vapors are ignited. As the vapors burn the air inside the bottle heats up and expands. As the air rushes out the end of the bottle, the bottle is propelled forward rapidly.
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