Melting a Glass Rod with a MAPP burner to make an Optic Fibre

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Channel: Make Science Fun · 2018 · Education

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Using a MAPP burner, I melted a glass rod! As the bottom piece fell it stretched a fibre of glass so thin it was like a spiders web and was quite flexible. This is very similar to how a glass optic fibre is made.

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