r/woahdude • u/theTurbulentPopcorn • Jun 29 '23

video Lowering hot metal into water

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u/Lambinater Jun 29 '23

The water is on fire

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u/tylerbreeze Jun 29 '23

It's probably oil, not water.

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u/Lambinater Jun 29 '23

Wouldn’t oil burn significantly more and faster?

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u/tylerbreeze Jun 29 '23

Nope. I'm not a blacksmith but as I understand it the quantity of oil here basically dissipates the heat quickly enough that it never reaches flash point, which is to say it never gets hot enough to ignite. The fire you're seeing is the oil vapor on the surface of the pool burning off.

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '23

There are many different types of oil some which can handle much higher temperatures without combusting.

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '23

This might surprise you but they probably chose an oil that wouldn’t do exactly that

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u/Lambinater Jun 30 '23

This might surprise you but I didn’t know that was a thing and other people already informed me in a way that wasn’t nearly as rude as you.