Makes perfect sense. A lighter is the very long used flint and steel with a container of fuel attached. Matches are a a much more complex product of chemistry.
Except the lighter in the link doesn’t use flint or steel, it uses zinc and sulfuric acid to produce a supply of hydrogen, then it uses a platinum sponge to catalyze the hydrogen to react with oxygen and produce a flame.
Makes perfect sense. A lighter is the very long used flint and steel with a container of fuel attached. Matches are a a much more complex product of chemistry.
Except the lighter in the link doesn’t use flint or steel, it uses zinc and sulfuric acid to produce a supply of hydrogen, then it uses a platinum sponge to catalyze the hydrogen to react with oxygen and produce a flame.
I feel like Calvin in the comic with the bridge.
Gunpowder…?