I'm planning on taking a spoon and putting isopropyl alcohol on it and I want to set it on fire and have the alcohol burn off to sterilize the spoon. Can I touch a spoon that has alcohol on it on an induction stovetop to set the spoon on fire until the alcohol burns off? I figured I'd ask here because I need a quick answer and Yahoo Answers isn't that quick as it's been 2 hours and I haven't received an answer yet. Thanks

12 years ago*

Comment has been collapsed.

First of all, a gaming community is probably the best place to ask!
Second, what is this, I don't even

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

lol there's tons of bullshit here anyways

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Does that mean we need more?

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Same boat maybe you should ask a 'burning shit up' group or something because thats what it sounds like you're going to do.

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Sterilize the spoon either in an alcohol bath or by boiling it.

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Just do it

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

FOR SCIENCE

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

And not one fuck was given...

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

This means war!

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Deleted

This comment was deleted 1 year ago.

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Deleted

This comment was deleted 1 month ago.

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

FO' SYENC FOOL

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Science is fun.

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Try it and find out

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

I don't know why you need a spoon sterile that badly, but I'd think the alcohol should be enough without needing to light it on fire and possibly causing an explosion?

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

this lol but light it on fire for science :) it wont expolde

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Maybe he took a shit on it

Or perhaps I accidentally touched it

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Just wash the spoon with some water and soap. Or dip it in some bleach for few minutes.

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Erm... bleach will mess up your organs. Isopropyl alcohol evaporates completely or at least very nearly.

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Bleach evaporates from stainless steel as well.

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Not as cleanly as isopropyl and not without leaving behind some rather toxic stuff. Of course im talking about the "older" chlorine bleach and not the newer stuff. So maybe your right about the none chlorine bleach.

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

I would Just use a lighter or a match to get an open flame.

Careful though, you don't strike me as the kind of guy that should be playing with fire.
Now I'm just wondering what you need a spoon sterile for.

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

I'm growing mushrooms and I need to make sure everything is extremely clean because it's really hard to grow apparently. I don't have a lighter or a match which is extremely unfortunate.

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Unless you live in a cleanroom, just washing it with water and soap is fine, I'm sure. :P

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

alcohol will make the spoon sterile or better idea is put spoon on burner or in oven and cook until its red hot then use :P

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Depending on what type of mushrooms (hint: Mario 1-Up mushrooms NEVER sprout, no matter how sterile your equipment is), I'm pretty sure that you don't need to make your house explode. Granted, I know nothing about the not-so-legal kind, but you can get grow logs for Shitakii and other mushrooms on Amazon with fairly decent ratings. I don't think the USPS is that sterile of an environment.

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

You may call these mushrooms magical harder to grow shitake mushrooms that taste really bad xD

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

No you can't, heating it won't work and you can't have a spark from an induction stove.

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Workaround: Light a piece of toilet paper on induction stove then use it to light spoon.

Fair word of warning: Don't be a complete moron by burning your place down.

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

How is an induction stove going to light a piece of paper? I'm pretty sure paper isn't ferromagnetic. :P

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

You are right. I am wrong.

EDIT: Just thought of a workable method. Boil water in pot on oven, drop spoon in boiling water for 3 minutes. Sterile spoon.

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

No, use a match or a BBQ lighter, depending on if the alcohol went overboard and on the bottom, you can have a pretty big accident. FYI, putting fire over the spoon can already sterilize it... It's fire, nothing survives in fire.

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

place spoon on burner and cook at red hot for 45 mins. its the only way to be sure

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Ok, first off, you're talking about the "autoignition temperature", that is, the point at which, when heated, it spontaneously erupts into flame. With isopropyl alcohol, the likelihood of you achieving this is slim to none because it will evaporate extremely fast at low temps so a spoonfull will not be enough.

But as for if you can... well, if you had enough of the liquid to prevent evaporation, then you would need to heat it to 399C or 750.2 F in order to autoignite. Your average coil stovetop would only muster about a good 500 F max. Some may be higher, but I don't think your general ones do.

So... no, you won't be igniting that.

Also, keep in mind that isopropyl alcohol burns CLEAR! You will NOT see a flame unless you put something like paper over it or a wick inside.

Isn't science fun?

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

hmm, then again "induction"... looked around and it seems that it's about 300-400 F max temp... maybe 500 F if you're lucky so no help there. also, with a metal spoon, you'd risk burning your hand pretty quick, so I'd recommend using something like an oven glove if you're really wanting to do this...

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

The answer is no, but stop trying to use your induction stovetop to distill vodka. You're not fooling the Admiral.

12 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Closed 12 years ago by aqnickdan3.