Make Green Fire at Home!

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Make Green Fire at Home!

Make Green Fire at Home! (Holiday Special)

Today I will show all of the internet how to make Green Fire, or Trimethyl Borate, at home!

Gather Materials

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What you'll need:

  • Methanol
  • Borax
  • Heat resistant container

Synthesis

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Simply add methanol to an amount of borax. In these pictures I added 100mL of methanol to 5g of borax.

Lighting

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