Fire the cannons!

This project has a lot to do with Boyles gas law.  Boyles gas law states that pressure and volume are indirectly proportional, meaning, when one goes up the other goes down.  The way my team and I related this to our project is that we made the barrel of the cannon small so when we put the nerf ball into the barrel more pressure would build up and shoot the nerf ball farther.

The way we will launch the cannons is by creating the chemical reaction between ethanol and oxygen in the bottom of the barrel.  This should throw the nerf ball.

Balanced Chemical Equation: 

C₂H₅OH+3O₂  à 2CO₂+3H₂O   

Stay tuned in the spring for the launch of the cannons!!!