Good morning I Tushar and my friend Biswajit are going to
perform
Any guess what has happened- Is it melting or burning
EXPLANATION -
It may look like Thermocol "melts" in the petrol . However,
the petrol is actually dissolving the polystyrene. In chemistry, there is a common saying that "like dissolves like". Thermocol and petrol are made of the same matter called as alkene. Now the characteristics of both the ingredients are lost and a new product is formed. This product shows the character of neither a solid nor a liquid. It is a translucent material which is brownish or yellowish white in color and with viscosity more than that of a liquid and less than that of a solid. While studying the properties of the material formed, it is found that it looks like glue and can be used as a strong adhesive. Petrol is so expensive these days
It will be just cheaper to buy a superglue and use it
Make sure you do not repeat this at home as petol in highly
flammable and this was just an demonstation to the science behind it