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The "lava" is a mixture of carbon tetrachloride, mineral oil and paraffin wax. The liquid it floats in is water. The light source is a 40-watt light bulb. When the bulb melts the wax, it will do the lava thing on its own.
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∙ 13y agoIT is made of a mixture of coloured wax and some slightly coloured liquid. When the lamp heats up the wax, it rises to the surface of the liquid, cools to becomes more dense again. And sinks.
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What are the chemicals in a lava lamp?
The chemicals in a lava lamp are: water (H2O) and wax (hydrocarbon).
Does the temperature of the water affect the reaction of a lava lamp?
Yes. The temperature of the liquid and the wax both affect the action of a lava lamp.
What is the liquid goop inside a lava lamp made of?
Analysis of the materials indicate that the liquid is mostly water and the wax is mostly common paraffin wax. However, various ingredients have been added to both the water and wax to affect their densities and assist in the flow of the lamp. The exact compositions of these ingredients are considered by many of the manufacturers to be trade secrets.
What is the scientific explanation of how a lava lamp works?
lava lamp works best in a volcano
What is the size of the smallest lava lamp?
The size of the smallest lava lamp is 11.5 inch
What is inside a lava lamp?
Inside a lava lamp there is wax.
How does a homemade lava lamp work?
it has this wax called hydromonic substance that make the lava move
What is the blob in a lava lamp?
Wax.
What does a lava lamp contain?
Wax
What are the chemicals in a lava lamp?
The chemicals in a lava lamp are: water (H2O) and wax (hydrocarbon).
Why is there a spring in a lava lamp?
Well there is a metal springy at the bottom of your lava lamp, It helps heat the lava (wax) in the bottle.
What is a lava lamp circulating lava inside itself?
The "lava" in a lava lamp is just melted colored wax. Convection currents cause blobs of the wax to rise and fall in the clear mineral oil mixture.
Is a lava lamp similar to a volcano?
Sometimes it can be the colours (red or orange) but its mostly the wax is meant to look like lava hence lava lamp.
What word describes the verb of lava-lamps?
To blobbler-- to do the thing that the wax in a lava lamp does.
Does the temperature of the water affect the reaction of the lava lamp?
Yes. The temperature of the liquid and the wax both affect the action of a lava lamp.
Does the temperature of the water affect the reaction of a lava lamp?
Yes. The temperature of the liquid and the wax both affect the action of a lava lamp.
What are the 2 compounds in a lava lamp?
wax and water. when heated. the water becomes less dense than the wax causing the colored bubbles to rise and then fall. wax is generally what there is more of within the lava lamp. and as i said the bubbles that rise and fall are just colored or cloudy type water. CAUTION: never place lava lamp in a microwave.
