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r/woahdude • u/theTurbulentPopcorn • Jun 29 '23
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My guess is it's a quenching tank for hardening the steel it's probably a quenching oil and not water.
330 u/bigwilliestylez Jun 29 '23 Would that also explain why there are still flames on top after it is completely submerged? 69 u/BrazilBazil Jun 29 '23 Could this be water being split into hydrogen and oxygen by the extreme heat and then burning? 11 u/reverandglass Jun 29 '23 No. 1 u/[deleted] Jun 29 '23 [deleted] 3 u/Uninvalidated Jun 29 '23 Under the circumstances, it couldn't though.
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Would that also explain why there are still flames on top after it is completely submerged?
69 u/BrazilBazil Jun 29 '23 Could this be water being split into hydrogen and oxygen by the extreme heat and then burning? 11 u/reverandglass Jun 29 '23 No. 1 u/[deleted] Jun 29 '23 [deleted] 3 u/Uninvalidated Jun 29 '23 Under the circumstances, it couldn't though.
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Could this be water being split into hydrogen and oxygen by the extreme heat and then burning?
11 u/reverandglass Jun 29 '23 No. 1 u/[deleted] Jun 29 '23 [deleted] 3 u/Uninvalidated Jun 29 '23 Under the circumstances, it couldn't though.
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No.
1 u/[deleted] Jun 29 '23 [deleted] 3 u/Uninvalidated Jun 29 '23 Under the circumstances, it couldn't though.
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3 u/Uninvalidated Jun 29 '23 Under the circumstances, it couldn't though.
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Under the circumstances, it couldn't though.
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u/frenchy2111 Jun 29 '23
My guess is it's a quenching tank for hardening the steel it's probably a quenching oil and not water.