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Match Levitation

A cool science table trick to amaze your friends!


With just a few matches and a little practice, you can perform the match levitation trick!

cool!

elizabeth    -  September 6, 2011

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This user gave 4/5 stars


This is a realy cool experiment!!! i think that it is the strangest thing but yet the most mind twistimg one!! i think that the heat from the flames must have melted the two tips of it together!!

good

Preeti    -  August 5, 2011

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This user gave 3/5 stars


when the tip of the match stick burns temperature increases and red phosphorus of the 2 match sticks joins and 2 sticks join together . the leaning stick rises bec it becomes lighter and its tip has joined to the other stick.