The idea which we created for our cannon, with their being a chamber where gas could build up in worked fairly well. Our cannon shot the nerf ball farther then most of the nerf balls that were shot, except for one. The structures and designs that were similar to ours in the aspect of a short pressure chamber shot relatively close in distance to ours. The cannon that did shoot the nerf ball a lot farther then ours was opposite in the fact that they had a larger pressure chamber and shorter shooting tunnel. An improvement we could have made to our cannon is making the chamber larger. The chamber of the cannon that shot farther then ours was 1.5 times larger then the tunnel, unlike ours which was smaller then the tunnel.
It was evident that an exothermic reaction had taken place after our cannon was shot. Our cannon began to deteriorate after it was shot and started to melt and cave in. There was also a smell of smoke that was emitted from the cannon. Above all other things when the cannon was picked up it was very warm to the touch.
Steps in Firing:
1.) Ethanol is added to the cannon
3.) 
Wood splint is lit and nerf ball is thrown five feet!!!
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