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Lisa, I would put some of the oil on a cotton ball, put that on a 
piece of aluminum foil, and heat water in a soda can suspended above 
the flame.  If you contact me off-list, I think I have some photos of 
the apparatus.  You might also try this outdoors first to see how 
smoky the flame is.  It might not work unless you and others have 
very good ventilation.  Jane  www.scienceoutsidethebox.com

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>I'm writing a curriculum for middle school students (school-based) with 
>suggestions for younger and older kids.  The focus is on use of used 
>vegetable
>oil (UVO) as a fuel.
>
>Are there any safe/effective classroom demonstrations that would allow kids 
>to:
>
>burn UVO and measure its energy (I remember doing that with a peanut and
>wa


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