>>For most fun float gasoline on high concentration hydrogen peroxide.
>>Burns gently to itself for quite a while, then...
>>Stand well back. Don't try this at home. YMMV ...
>>:-)
>
> Add a little soap and shake?
> Hypergolic Napalm??

No shaking needed. And it's not hypergolic - you do need to light it. It 
burns nicely enough (if you consider a gasoline fire docile) and the 
peroxide temperature rises and I suspect it differentially evaporates (which 
would increase the peroxide concentration). Sooner or later it gets to the 
point where the peroxide has had enough and goes into rapid decomposition 
which really excites the gasoline with the released oxygen which really 
enthuses the peroxide which .....

Very impressive bang I'm told. Or so Clarke of the fantastically interesting 
& educational "Ignition!" * fame recounts. (The "!" in the title is no 
mistake).




            RM

John Clarke. "Ignition! - an informal history of liquid rocket propellants". 
A must read for any rocketry buff, and anyone else who likes extremely witty 
and interesting technical tales. 

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