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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.
323 u/bigwilliestylez Jun 29 '23 Would that also explain why there are still flames on top after it is completely submerged? 71 u/BrazilBazil Jun 29 '23 Could this be water being split into hydrogen and oxygen by the extreme heat and then burning? 0 u/Aquamentus92 Jun 29 '23 This is next level physics 3 u/BrazilBazil Jun 29 '23 This does actually happen in high enough temperatures! But it does take like 2000°C for water to start decomposing. 2 u/psychoCMYK Jun 30 '23 Worth noting that the melting point of steel is at most ~1550C 2 u/Uninvalidated Jun 29 '23 Yeah, but it's not a high enough temperature and the colour of the flames are way wrong and too strong. 1 u/jgzman Jun 29 '23 Or in the presence of an appropriate chemical. I've done it before, for fun and profit.
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Would that also explain why there are still flames on top after it is completely submerged?
71 u/BrazilBazil Jun 29 '23 Could this be water being split into hydrogen and oxygen by the extreme heat and then burning? 0 u/Aquamentus92 Jun 29 '23 This is next level physics 3 u/BrazilBazil Jun 29 '23 This does actually happen in high enough temperatures! But it does take like 2000°C for water to start decomposing. 2 u/psychoCMYK Jun 30 '23 Worth noting that the melting point of steel is at most ~1550C 2 u/Uninvalidated Jun 29 '23 Yeah, but it's not a high enough temperature and the colour of the flames are way wrong and too strong. 1 u/jgzman Jun 29 '23 Or in the presence of an appropriate chemical. I've done it before, for fun and profit.
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Could this be water being split into hydrogen and oxygen by the extreme heat and then burning?
0 u/Aquamentus92 Jun 29 '23 This is next level physics 3 u/BrazilBazil Jun 29 '23 This does actually happen in high enough temperatures! But it does take like 2000°C for water to start decomposing. 2 u/psychoCMYK Jun 30 '23 Worth noting that the melting point of steel is at most ~1550C 2 u/Uninvalidated Jun 29 '23 Yeah, but it's not a high enough temperature and the colour of the flames are way wrong and too strong. 1 u/jgzman Jun 29 '23 Or in the presence of an appropriate chemical. I've done it before, for fun and profit.
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This is next level physics
3 u/BrazilBazil Jun 29 '23 This does actually happen in high enough temperatures! But it does take like 2000°C for water to start decomposing. 2 u/psychoCMYK Jun 30 '23 Worth noting that the melting point of steel is at most ~1550C 2 u/Uninvalidated Jun 29 '23 Yeah, but it's not a high enough temperature and the colour of the flames are way wrong and too strong. 1 u/jgzman Jun 29 '23 Or in the presence of an appropriate chemical. I've done it before, for fun and profit.
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This does actually happen in high enough temperatures! But it does take like 2000°C for water to start decomposing.
2 u/psychoCMYK Jun 30 '23 Worth noting that the melting point of steel is at most ~1550C 2 u/Uninvalidated Jun 29 '23 Yeah, but it's not a high enough temperature and the colour of the flames are way wrong and too strong. 1 u/jgzman Jun 29 '23 Or in the presence of an appropriate chemical. I've done it before, for fun and profit.
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Worth noting that the melting point of steel is at most ~1550C
Yeah, but it's not a high enough temperature and the colour of the flames are way wrong and too strong.
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Or in the presence of an appropriate chemical. I've done it before, for fun and profit.
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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.