14:09 01 July 2011
Now in its eighth year, the 2011 Combustion Art Competition Awards held at a recent meeting of the Combustion Institute brought together a bunch of pyrotechnic scientists eager to show off their red-hot creations. New Scientist takes a look at the winners and runners-up.
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Bogdan Pavlov and Li Qiao
of Purdue University, Indiana, combined images of several different flame types to create Dr Combustion
, winning second place in the process.
Dr Combustion's nose, beard and hair were created by adding different mixtures of nanoparticles to a flame. The eyes and mouth are examples of counterflow diffusion flame, while the hat is an example of a more typical methane-air diffusion flame.
(Image: Bogdan Pavlov and Li Qiao)