This is a fun, beautiful and entertaining chemistry experiment that can easily be repeated at home. All reagents are available in almost any kitchen, and if not, then they can definitely be bought at any grocery store.
I will show you how to make something like a lava lamp, but unlike a real one, it will start working immediately and will not require heat to continue the reaction.

Will be required

• Baking soda.
• Table vinegar.
• Sunflower oil.
• Food coloring - color of your choice.

Capacity - any glass jar. For illumination I will use an LED flashlight.

Making a chemical lava lamp

Take a tablespoon of baking soda and pour it into the bottom of the jar. It is necessary that the entire bottom is covered with soda.

Then pour in sunflower oil. This is the main component, so we fill the entire jar with it.

Pour vinegar into a small container.

Add food coloring to this amount of vinegar.

Turn on the backlight.

And place the vessel with oil and soda on this backlight. The lava lamp must be illuminated.

Pour mixed vinegar and dye into the mixture.

And our lava lamp immediately starts working. The bubbles alternately sink to the bottom and then rise up to the neck of the jar.

This spectacular experience can be repeated with children, I am sure that they will be completely delighted.

The principle of operation is simple: vinegar is heavier than oil and therefore the bubbles first sink to the bottom. Touching the bottom causes a reaction acetic acid with soda, resulting in the formation of bubbles of carbon dioxide, which pull the bubble upward. Having reached the top, carbon dioxide escapes and the bubble falls to the bottom again. So the cycle is repeated for a certain time until the reaction of vinegar with soda has completely passed.
PS: You can use several dyes at once, mixed in different containers with vinegar. And pour them in at the same time. It will look very cool.

Video

Be sure to watch the video, it looks very beautiful, which cannot be conveyed through pictures.

Greetings everyone. In this guide I will tell you how to get a lot of energy from lava.​

You say, what’s incomprehensible here, I installed geothermal generators and don’t give a damn. However, one geothermal generator is capable of producing only 20 eu/t, which is very little. Yes, at the initial stage this is quite good, but in the process of development everyone switches to a more profitable and convenient source of energy - reactors, wind turbines or solar panels. Everyone forgets about such a wonderful source of energy as lava and loses interest in using it. Now let's start luring masses of players into the Nether...
Here is a version of the finished power plant.

It generates 1800 eu/t, which corresponds to 90 geothermal generators.
It’s worth imagining a dozen pumps that suck lava from poor hell, almost a hundred geothermal heaters, a bunch of pipes and wires connecting it all... Personally, I wouldn’t want to be in the shoes of a server’s hardware...
I will list all the necessary components for building a plant with a capacity of 450 EU/t. We will need:

1. 1 Pump. ​

2. 1 Electric motor. ​

3. A number of gold liquid pipes. ​

4. Several pipe plugs. ​

5. 2 Liquid heat exchangers. ​

6.20 Heat pipes. ​

7. 5 Improvement "Liquid ejector". ​

8. 1 Capacitor. ​

9. 1 Liquid distributor. ​

10. 1 Tank of any volume. ​

11. 1 Pulse gate. ​

12.2 Hollow liquid pipes. ​

13. 2 Kinetic steam generators + 2 steam turbines. ​

14. 1 Steam generator. ​

15. 2 Kinetic Generators. ​

That's it. Now let's start construction.
The first thing to do is find a larger lava lake. Yes, there is a lot of it, but even in hell it is not endless.
After we found suitable place, install pump. We connect to it Engine And pipe.
Next - Liquid heat exchangers. Insert them in upwards, 10 at a time. Heat pipelines. Turn the holes towards the center towards each other.

The next step is installation Steam generator. It will be located between two Liquid heat exchangers. We configure the parameters in it: Pressure 221BAR, water production - 1mB/t.

Now Kinetic steam generators. We install them before Steam generator one after another. We insert into each of them Steam turbine and by Improvement "Liquid ejector". Far from Steam generator pushing should occur to the side Steam generator. In the other - up. Don't forget to turn them with the key in any direction.

We continue to blurt out. To the distant Kinetic steam generator install Capacitor. All we do with it is installation Improvements "Liquid Ejector" to the side Steam generator.

Let's take one more action. On Steam generator need to be delivered Liquid distributor. RMB on it, set the “Concentration” mode. Now it, already the only green hole, should be turned down into Steam generator.

The last step is installation Tanks, Pipes And Kinetic generators. We put tank into the only hole of our installation. Pour a few capsules into it Distilled water. What matters is that Steam generator And Liquid distributor ultimately must be filled in completely, however, in Cistern There must be free space of at least 1 capsule. If everything is done correctly - in Steam generator liquid will flow. We use pipes to pump liquid from Tanks V Liquid distributor. Now we set it to 1 Hollow liquid pipe over Liquid heat exchangers. We attach 1 at a time Kinetic generator from the side Kinetic steam generators. Installation should be on the side without blades. (You can see it in the screenshot above) Don’t forget to rotate them wrench in the opposite direction. As a result, we get something similar to this:

That's it. Now you can bring the lava to Liquid heat exchangers. Whether from behind or from below, it doesn’t matter.
And now a little about the main drawback this method obtaining energy. When unloading a chunk (if you exit the game, go digging for resources, visit someone's store) there is a chance that the Kinetic Steam Generator will get superheated steam. After this, stable operation of the device will be impossible. Apparently there is some kind of bug. Therefore, here are some solutions:
1. Stand AFK near the plant.
2. Buy an anchor. It will load your chunks, preventing the steam from getting buggy.
3. Turn off the power supply to the installation before each exit from the server/trips to the mine or store.
Happy everyone, good luck)

There is no person in the world who would not like to relax sometimes, forgetting about pressing problems, look at something pleasant and calming. But it’s rare to sit by the fire, looking at the fire, or think about the meaning of life while listening to the sound of a waterfall. As it turns out, there is an item on store shelves that has a calming function, it’s called a “lava lamp.”

Surely someone has seen similar devices on sale, but the price is a little confusing. It makes sense to figure out whether it is possible to make such a device at home with your own hands.

Design and manufacturing capability

This device was invented in the mid-60s by the Englishman Walker, and was a glass jar containing oil and liquid paraffin. A simple light bulb was installed under it, which heated the container. According to the laws of physics, heated paraffin rose to the top, and when it cooled, it sank to the bottom again. This fascinating movement of bizarre forms of paraffin gave rise to widespread lava lamps.

So, if even in the middle of the last century it was possible to make such a device, it means doing it yourself lava lamp Shouldn’t it be difficult at home these days too?

Temporary Lava Lamp

So, for production we will need some ingredients:

• olive or sunflower oil;
• any coloring, preferably food coloring, but even regular juice will do;
• jar;
• effervescent tablet (any).

How to make a lava lamp at home is a question with a simple answer. You just need to fill the container with juice or dye by two thirds, the remaining part is filled with sunflower or olive oil. After some time, you can see a clear boundary between the liquids. All that remains is to throw a tablet of effervescence into the jar and watch what is happening, enjoying the incredible effect in the resulting device.

This method is completely safe, and therefore it can be used in educational games with children, while explaining the laws of physics. By the way, if there are no effervescent tablets, ordinary table salt will play their role perfectly, although the reaction will be somewhat slower, but still quite sufficient.

For a stronger effect, it is possible to use a lamp directed at the lamp. Then the fancy bubbles that arise will sparkle in the rays of light, which will add even more beauty.

Temporary Lava Lamp

Permanent lava lamp

Of course, a temporary lava lamp is completely safe, but you always want something more. In this case, you can make such a device yourself on an ongoing basis. But you should always remember about safety precautions when using it; such a lamp must be kept out of the reach of small children, since during operation it gets very hot.

So, to make a lamp with your own hands, you will need a mixture of distilled water and glycerin at the rate of 1/1, paraffin candle, some beads and a glass container.

The jar must be filled 2/3 with water and glycerin, stir a spoon in it table salt and add some beads. After this, the candle is melted in a water bath and paraffin is poured into the jar. The lava lamp is almost ready, all that remains is to build a heater for it.

Any one can serve as such metal structure with a 25 watt light inside that can serve as a can burner. Well, then you can turn it on and enjoy. A do-it-yourself lava lamp is ready, but there are some nuances to such a device.

Firstly, the lamp needs some time for the expected reaction to appear, since the paraffin must melt in the glycerin.

Secondly, under no circumstances should such a situation be left homemade device unattended, as well as keeping it turned on for more than eight hours.

DIY permanent lava lamp

Making a lava lamp is quite simple and a lot of fun, so it's worth a try. The main thing is not to forget about safety precautions so that joy does not one day turn into trouble. Well, in general, it doesn’t matter whether you bought a lava lamp in a store or made it at home. The priority is peace and relaxation from a busy day.

This type of block, like liquid, in the game has the main property of fluidity. There is also additional properties. Lava has the ability, when combined with red dust, to turn into obsidian, which is very useful for creating many things.

With the help of this burning liquid, you can destroy unnecessary things, cause damage to the enemy and mobs, and heat the stove. Let's figure out how to make an endless source of lava and other important resources in Minecraft.

Lava Source

Previously, the developers made it possible to create a lava generator by surrounding a free block with four sources of lava - buckets. This was available in Beta 1.9 (Prerelease 5). If you do this in later versions, the current will appear, but not the source.

Currently, to make an endless source of lava, Minecraft offers the option of pulling a string near it. Upon contact, a source appears.

Lava is not so easy to find - you will have to go down to the lower world to find the source. There are special portals for transition. You can find fiery liquid on the surface. You should take a bucket with you. If you cannot find it, you can create it in a kiln according to separate instructions.

When creating a generator, you need to follow safety measures so that the hero does not end up there. You shouldn't dig underneath yourself. To surround the source and ensure the safety of the surrounding world, you need to find blocks of fire-resistant material (cobblestones).

How to make an endless source of water

You can do many things with water in Minecraft.

The second type of blocks in the overworld is water. It is used for:

• irrigation of beds;
• extinguishing fire;
• washing off some blocks;
• reed growth;
• creation of certain rocks and liquids (stone, obsidian, lava);
• causing harm to some mobs (Ifrits, Landwalkers).

To make an endless source of water in Minecraft—that is, a well with an inexhaustible supply—you need to surround an empty block with water on both sides. It is usually collected with a bucket or flask.

You can build a hole or make a source in the wall. This will require one block deep and one to create the pressure plate. In this case, the source can be taken, and the water will not spread.

Source of stone

Stone is very necessary thing for construction. It is mined with a pickaxe in the mountains and underground, transforming it into cobblestone or stone brick.

In order not to constantly search, it is easier to make a source of stone in Minecraft - create your own generator. To do this you need to follow the instructions:

1. Prepare 10 blocks of fireproof durable material, a bucket of water and lava, 7 blocks of red dust, 4 repeaters and a piston.
2. Dig a hole and install a piston in it.
3. Pour water.
4. Surround the area with 4 blocks.
5. Pour lava into the center.
6. Install a stone removal system connected to the piston (make sure that the first repeater is at the last delay).

You can’t make such a generator with a regular pickaxe—it needs to be under the influence of a “silk touch.”

For different purposes, hard rock springs can be built in several ways. The simplest of them is a generator that produces cobblestones that can be processed and made into bricks.

Video: How to make lava and water sources in Minecraft.

In this project I will show you how to make a lava lamp with your own hands from a wine bottle.

Step 1: Materials

• Plywood 2.5 * 20 * 30 cm. All wooden elements will be cut from this piece of plywood. When making calculations, keep in mind that the parameters of your wood will differ from mine.
• Nails and nail gun. You can use any method of fastening the pieces, but be prepared to work with boards that are slightly misaligned with each other. I originally used wood glue, but found that it was not strong enough to seal such gaps.
• 75 watt soft light bulb
• Lamp socket with a diameter of no more than 10 cm
• Scotch
• Two-core wire (you will have to cut it)
• Regular 750ml wine bottle
• bottle cap
• Something to caulk the gaps - I found a few places in the lava lamp where light was coming through - you will need to caulk a couple of gaps.
• Baby\mineral oil
• 70% isopropyl alcohol
• Antifreeze
• Oil art paints or pastels
• Food coloring (optional)
• Spray paint (optional)
• Furniture finishing varnish (optional)

Step 2: Create the Plate for the Lamp Base

It is important to remember that although the project is creating a base in the shape of a truncated pyramid, you can create a base of any shape. The main thing is that the lamp socket fits inside, and the bottle can stand on top. The base, which I made at home, requires some skill in working with wood.

Start by cutting out a 15cm square base. Then cut the wire that will carry the electricity. Separate the wires and secure them firmly in the socket. Since we're working with a light bulb, we don't need to know which wire is connected to which terminal. If necessary, additionally insulate the wires with electrical tape.

Step 3: Creating the Sides of the Base

Creating the sides of the base is the most difficult part of the project. The attached pictures show the number of cuts that make it possible to make the base in the form of a truncated pyramid. Below I will describe each cut, but the pictures will be more clear. You will need both regular saw, and an angular circular saw.

Using a saw, cut the wood at a 15-degree angle on both sides of the board. Make two cuts in the part of the wood that will be connected to the base.

Using corner circular saw, set the bevel angle to 33 degrees and the bevel angle to 15 degrees. Make appropriate cuts.

Make 4 equal sides (they should be about 18 cm at the base and about 11 cm at the top) that will be connected to the 15 cm bottom. In one of the sides you need to make a hole for the wire.

Step 4: Create a Wine Bottle Pedestal

This part of the very post is a square with a side length of approximately 10 cm and an angle of 15 degrees. Cut a hole using the appropriate drill bit and create a recess to hold the base of the bottle.

Step 5: Assembly

Connect the four trapezoidal pieces together. I used wood glue for this and then secured everything with nails. Adjust the base with the cartridge to the size of our truncated pyramid. Make sure the wire is not pinched between wooden joints. I pre-drilled holes in the square base and threaded the screws through them. This way, if necessary, I can unscrew the bottom and replace the light bulb.

Lastly, glue top part(the one that will hold the bottle).

Step 6: Chemicals

To create a really good lava lamp, you need to understand how it works. The "lava" in the lamp is usually oil, and the clear liquid is usually an alcohol solution. These two substances do not mix. The magic begins when the light bulb begins to heat the oil. Since oil and alcohol have very similar densities, the heat from the light bulb is enough to create a difference in which substance is denser. When the oil becomes less dense than the alcohol, it rises to the top, then cools, becomes denser, and sinks to the bottom.

The precision with which you create the mixture is very important. Many hours were spent trying to find the correct ratios of various chemicals, including antifreeze, turpentine, vegetable oil, baby oil, isopropyl alcohol, water, paint, pastels and food coloring, and I still haven't found perfect solution. However, I have created several work lamps, so I will try to summarize some of the most effective mixtures that I have created.

The procedure is standard: mix all oils and oil paints together, mix all aqueous and water-soluble liquids separately. Adding chemicals in the wrong order or too quickly can lead to "fogginess" and other undesirable effects.

Measure:

• 15 ml antifreeze
• 830 ml 70% isopropyl alcohol
• 20 ml soy wax
• 30 ml baby\mineral oil

1. Mix soy wax and oil. Add if desired oil paint. This mixture will be called "lava".
2. Place the lava (along with its container) in a pot of boiling water. Stir continuously until you get a smooth liquid. Carefully remove the lava from the pan and let cool.
3. In another container, mix antifreeze and alcohol.
4. Pour the alcohol mixture into a wine bottle. It is very important to do this before you pour the wax mixture into it - if the wax is poured first, it will cover the sides of the bottle and the lamp will not create the correct effect.
5. Pour the lava into the wine bottle as slowly as you can. This will reduce the "hazy" effect.
6. Insert the cork into the bottle and place the bottle on the base of the lamp. Allow the liquid to become ready for about an hour.

If the liquid in the lamp becomes "foggy", place the lamp on a heat source until the liquid returns to normal condition. Then put the bottle in the refrigerator for a couple of hours and return it to the heat source.