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    The experiment showed soot on the bottom of the balloon but no popping, because the thin latex material allows heat from the flame to pass through and heat the water inside. The heated water rises and is replaced by cooler water above, cycling heat away from the balloon in a convection current until the water can absorb no more heat. Firefighters worldwide use a similar method, surrounding fires with a heat-absorbing polymer foam to buy time to extinguish the blaze, just as the body uses sweat to cycle heat away from the skin.

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    The experiment showed soot on the bottom of the balloon but no popping, because the thin latex material allows heat from the flame to pass through and heat the water inside. The heated water rises and is replaced by cooler water above, cycling heat away from the balloon in a convection current until the water can absorb no more heat. Firefighters worldwide use a similar method, surrounding fires with a heat-absorbing polymer foam to buy time to extinguish the blaze, just as the body uses sweat to cycle heat away from the skin.

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    The experiment showed soot on the bottom of the balloon but no popping, because the thin latex material allows heat from the flame to pass through and heat the water inside. The heated water rises and is replaced by cooler water above, cycling heat away from the balloon in a convection current until the water can absorb no more heat. Firefighters worldwide use a similar method, surrounding fires with a heat-absorbing polymer foam to buy time to extinguish the blaze, just as the body uses sweat to cycle heat away from the skin.

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    Results: After the experiment you should see soot on the bottom, but

    the balloon hasn’t popped. This is because the thin material the balloon
    is made of called latex allows the heat from the flame to pass through it
    heating the water inside. Because of this intense heat the water closest
    to the balloon starts to rise replacing itself with the cooler layer above
    it. And then the water just repeats this cycle. The water will soak up the
    heat protecting the latex from popping just until the water cannot
    withstand any more heat.

    Where is this implemented around the world?


    Fire fighters all over the world use this method by surrounding a house
    with a special Superabsorbent polymer foam to absorb the raging fires
    heat buying firefighters extra time to put out the fire out. Our own
    bodies do the same with sweat.

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