Chemistry Class Creates an Amorphous Solid

Students melted styrofoam using a fuel source.  Ultimately, once melted, it formed into a gel.  Students learned the visible, physical change was due to the double bonds in the styrofoam turning into single bonds when exposed to the petroleum fuel source.  An amorphous solid was formed that could be shaped.  Once the desired shape was formed, the fuel helped light the concoction, and the amorphous solid fed the fire for quite sometime.