08/27/2026

Icy roses and flickering candles

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Prof. Dr. Gerhard Kirchner sitting in front of a pillar of fire

Prof. Dr. Gerhard Kirchner

Experimental show on temperatures as part of Furtwangen University’s “Summer School” series

Visitors can look forward to spectacular experiments involving temperatures ranging from minus 196 to over 1,000 degrees Celsius on Thursday, 3 September, at Furtwangen University (HFU). Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Krause and Prof. Dr. Gerhard Kirchner will present the show “Fire and Ice” as part of the HFU Summer School. In the show, they will explore, among other things, how a rose reacts to extremely low temperatures, why a water-filled balloon doesn’t burst, and explain what ice-cold, liquid air is all about.

Anyone interested is invited to attend the free show starting at 11.00am. in the G Building, Room 0.08 (Baumannstraße 38) on the Furtwangen campus.

The detailed programme for the HFU Summer School can be found at: Internal link opens in the same window:https://hfu.li/8lvu 

 

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