What is another name for a lava lamp?

Question

What is another name for a lava lamp?

Answer 1

lava lamps by Yvonne Bernal

The unique lamps were created by a British inventor and former World War II pilot, Edward Craven-Walker, who reportedly thought up the idea after seeing a homemade, liquid-filled egg timer at a pub.

In September of 1963, Craven-Walker started a company to research and develop his invention. But his widow, Christine Baehr, told BBC News they had a rough time, at first, trying to find investors.

But Baehr said that, after the couple took their product around the British countryside in a van, word of the wildly original illumination spread. Pretty soon lava lamps could be seen in science fiction movies and television shows like "Dr. Who," and became extremely trendy. By the mid-1960s, according to an MIT report, lava lamps "had exceeded 7 million units worldwide."

Baehr told The Associated Press that she knew the lava lamp had "made it" as a product when she heard that Beatles drummer Ringo Starr had purchased one.

Answer 2

magma...light? xD

Answer 3

A lava lamp is a suspension because it is a mixture that has drops of a substance in another substance.

Answer 4

You can't purchase a lava lamp refill, you would need to buy a new lava lamp.

Answer 5

Inside a lava lamp there is wax.

Answer 6

Lava lamp was created in 1968.

Answer 7

how to make a graph for a lava lamp

Answer 8

A Lava lamp is amixture of compounds.

Answer 9

A lava lamp has to melt so the lava can, flo up and down in the jar.

Answer 10

The Lava Lamp was invented by Edward Craven Walker and first went on sale in 1963. Walker was inspired by a lamp he saw in a bar 15 years earlier, and eventually perfected the "lava" recipe, using a combination of oil, wax, and various other solids. Originally marketed in Europe under the name Astro Lamp, it was eventually brought to the states by two American entrepreneurs and sold as the Lava Lite lamp.

Answer 11

A lava lamp is a chemical change

Answer 12

what is the controlled variable in a homemade lava lamp

Answer 13

a lava lamp is a chemical change because it is.

Answer 14

It depends on the size of the lava lamp

Answer 15

Lava lamp is not based on a chemical reaction.

Answer 16

Well there is a metal springy at the bottom of your lava lamp, It helps heat the lava (wax) in the bottle.

Answer 17

The size of the smallest lava lamp is 11.5 inch

Answer 18

The chemicals in a lava lamp are: water (H2O) and wax (hydrocarbon).

Answer 19

lava lamp works best in a volcano

Answer 20

a spring in the bottom & top of the "lava" is heated by a light in the bottom of the lamp

Answer 21

Another name for a lava dome is a volcano. They are steep sided mounds that are formed by lava reaching Earth's surface.

Answer 22

Craven Walker invented the fad Lava Lamp in post WWII England

Answer 23

No, a lava lamp is not considered a type of optical device.

Answer 24

I have a lava lamp from the 70's and it cost $20

Answer 25

Sometimes it can be the colours (red or orange) but its mostly the wax is meant to look like lava hence lava lamp.

Answer 26

No, it deals with lava

Answer 27

it had lava in it :)

Answer 28

Oil and wax.

Answer 29

It is not recommended to keep the lava lamp on for longer than 10 hours at a time.

Answer 30

No. There are no models available that can analyze a specific lava lamp and predict the pattern of the wax suspended in the oil. There are too many specifics that vary from one lamp to another. The specific position of the lamp in the base, for one. The continually varying temperature of the wax, oil, container, ambient surroundings. All of these things and more are involved in the creation of the patterns observed.

Answer 31

Edward Craven Walker, born in Singapore in 1918, invented the lava lamp in the 1960's.

Answer 32

The lamp will explode.

Answer 33

it depends on which lava lamp u get

Answer 34

The "lava" in a lava lamp is just melted colored wax. Convection currents cause blobs of the wax to rise and fall in the clear mineral oil mixture.

Answer 35

Yes. The temperature of the liquid and the wax both affect the action of a lava lamp.

Answer 36

well the whole point of a lava lamp is to watch the lava go up and down in the fluid. once it is shaken though, normally the "lava" becomes separated into smaller pieces. it will stay that way.

Answer 37

how hot can a lamp get? how hot can a lamp get?

Answer 38

Sorry have no idea?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????/

Answer 39

Lava is melted rock. Other names for lava include a'a' or pahoehoe.

Answer 40

Because the way they glow and how if you buy a red one it looks like lava. I say that the part that moves is the lava, and the liquid when lit with the light bulb turns into a lamp. as you can see in the dark. Thus the lava lamp.

Answer 41

if i dont close the bottle cap o the lava lamp it would produce more blobs than if i close it.

Answer 42

A lava lamp, however made, is an object, and so the idea of an hypothesis is not applicable. You use an hypothesis in an investigation, which is a process.

Answer 43

The conclusion for a lava lamp experiment depends on the thesis. If the thesis talks about the temperature for example the conclusion should reflect that.

Answer 44

Water, wax, and carbon tetrachloride.

Answer 45

why does the lava sink or rise?

Answer 46

People are too busy to make one out of silicon, so they make one out of lava! Then they eat the lava lamp and the circuit comes to a full stop! NOM NOM NOM

Answer 47

Do u mean how the lava lamp works, or how to make it? The only Problem I know is that it's messy if it spills Hope my answer helped :)

Answer 48

It is usually wax that melts as the lamp is turned on. When it is heated, it then begins to float around with the convection current created by the heat-generating lamp, thus creating the "lava" effect.

Answer 49

Yes, you can operate the lava lamp. The felt is only there to prevent the base from scratching your table top, or which ever furniture the lamp is stood on..

Answer 50

"What is your favorite color for a lava lamp?" "Beware the lava flow." "Doesn't lava cool into a beautiful rock?"

Answer 51

Presumably, to find out more about lava lamps.