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== Demonstration == # Put on the safety glasses. Measure out 5mL of Methanol using the centrifuge tube, and hold it aloft so the audience sees how little you are using. Pour the 5mL into the 5 gallon jug and cork it. Close the methanol container and remove it from the table, having it at least 5 feet from the table. # Pick up the jug and start swirling it to vaporize the contents. Explain what you are doing to the audience, and introduce the term ''Volatile''. # Have someone standing at the ready to turn off the lights in the room. Put on the gloves, light the long match, and hold it downward so the flame can creep up the stick. Ask for a countdown from 5: at 3, start pulling out the cork, and have the lights turn off at 1. Once the lights are off, pull the cork out completely and drop the match in. # After the fire happens, have the lights turn back on and explain the demonstration.
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