Topics  To  Be  Covered  

•  Ancient  flamethrowers  •  Types  of  flamethrowers  

•  How  they  work  •  And  an  experiment!  

Ancient  flamethrowers  •  Greek  fire  (Byzan@ne  Empire)  5th  century  B.C.  •  Chinese  flamethrowers  (Song  Dynasty)  

 Creator  

•  Richard  Fiedler  

Types    

•  Hand  held  •  3  tanks  

M2A1-­‐7  flamethrower  

Japanese  93  flamethrower  

Types  

•  Tank  •  Mounted  

Human/Home  Made  

 How  It  Works  

 

•  Pressure  regulator  •  Igni@on  valve  •  Igni@on  trigger  •  Fuel  release  trigger  

Use  

•  July  30,  1915,  by  Germans    •  Last  used  by  USA  in  1978  •  California  •  Sugar  harves@ng    •  Final  use  by  IRA  

Experiment  

•  Problem  

• Can  you  make  a  flamethrower  out  of  powdered  sugar  and  a  torch?    

Hypothesis    

•  The  sugar  will  just  burn  and  not  project  like  a  flamethrower  would.  

Materials/Procedure      

•  Video  

Solu@on    

•  The  sugar  caught  fire  and  made  a  flame  thrower.  

•  Hydroxymethylfurfural  

Thank  you  

•  Ques@ons  •  Sugges@ons  •  Comments