Alcohol Stove- Bice

Materials used:

Cotton Balls

Two Soda Cans

91% Alcohol

Lighter

Metal Tongs

Ring Stand

Beaker

100mL Water

Graduated Cylinder

Wire Gauze

Dremel Tool

X-acto knife

Marker

Ruler

Drill

Drill bits

First in our lab, after collecting our materials needed, we started by measuring our can at the 1.5 inch mark, then drew a line around the can with a marker. This allowed us to make a more even line when cutting. We then cut the can on the line with our Dremel tool, and set the two pieces apart. Repeat this step with your other can as well.

Now collect the top half of your can. After doing so, we then removed the lid of the can, by again using the Dremel tool. When that was complete, using an X-acto knife, we cut a line vertically through the can and then rolled it tightly, and sat it aside for later use. Do not repeat with the other can.

Collect the bottom half of your can (1.5 inches tall). Leaving the silver colored ring around the bottom of the can untouched, we chose to eliminate the center section of the bottom side of the can. We began by drilling a simple hole in the center. After doing so, in order to discard of the remaining aluminum, we again used an x-acto knife to cut out what was left, leaving us with a hole in the bottom. Do not repeat with the other can.

Using the same piece as the step before, drill 8 holes on the remaining silver colored aluminum ring on the bottom of the can. We started by using a smaller sized drill bit to get a lead. This prevents the larger drill bit from sliding and slipping when trying to drill. We followed the lead by using a larger drill bit and creating larger holes around the can. Do not repeat with other can.

Grab your other piece of 1.5 inch can, and fill it with cotton balls. After doing so, we took the piece of can that had been drilled, and placed it open side down into the other can, leaving the drilled side up. We then grabbed the tightly rolled piece of can and places it into the open top section of the can, and filled it with cotton as well. We then pulled apart several cotton balls and wrapped them around the tall piece, Lastly, using small bits of cotton, we stuck them out the sides of the holes around the top of the can, to maximize the burning area. Yes, it should look like a weird mountain of cotton.

Prepare for burning. We took our graduated cylinder and carefully measured out 100mL of water. We then poured this into a beaker, and placed the wire gauze on top of the ring on the ring stand. After this, we put the cylinder of water on the wire gauze. We coated the entire stove (in areas that had cotton) with the rubbing alcohol to ensure a long lasting and strong flame. We placed the stove under the ring and lit it with a lighter. In order to put the fire out, we removed the stove with tongs and carefully placed a large beaker over the flame.

This Stove lab was completed with the assistance of my lab partner, Bella Peed.