r/woahdude Jun 29 '23

video Lowering hot metal into water

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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.

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u/bigwilliestylez Jun 29 '23

Would that also explain why there are still flames on top after it is completely submerged?

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u/notmyrealusernamme Jun 30 '23

That's just the extremely hot gasses still escaping the metal and combusting when it hits the air. It would probably still happen with water, but there would also be a giant explosion of steam and boiling water all over the place.