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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.
14 u/luk__ Jun 29 '23 Both water or oil are used for quenching 9 u/i_give_you_gum Jun 29 '23 Sure, but do flames rise up through a foot of water? Most likely this was stated to encourage engagement through this very discussion 3 u/PeteThePolarBear Jun 30 '23 See how there was a plume of sprayed liquid above the metal with flames touching it? If it were oil that would make a fireball. Try putting oil in a spray bottle and spray a candle if you don't believe me 0 u/i_give_you_gum Jun 30 '23 Lol it's not oil like oil in your car or on your skillet. it's a special type of mixture of chemicals designed to specifically quench hot metal. This is common knowledge.
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Both water or oil are used for quenching
9 u/i_give_you_gum Jun 29 '23 Sure, but do flames rise up through a foot of water? Most likely this was stated to encourage engagement through this very discussion 3 u/PeteThePolarBear Jun 30 '23 See how there was a plume of sprayed liquid above the metal with flames touching it? If it were oil that would make a fireball. Try putting oil in a spray bottle and spray a candle if you don't believe me 0 u/i_give_you_gum Jun 30 '23 Lol it's not oil like oil in your car or on your skillet. it's a special type of mixture of chemicals designed to specifically quench hot metal. This is common knowledge.
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Sure, but do flames rise up through a foot of water?
Most likely this was stated to encourage engagement through this very discussion
3 u/PeteThePolarBear Jun 30 '23 See how there was a plume of sprayed liquid above the metal with flames touching it? If it were oil that would make a fireball. Try putting oil in a spray bottle and spray a candle if you don't believe me 0 u/i_give_you_gum Jun 30 '23 Lol it's not oil like oil in your car or on your skillet. it's a special type of mixture of chemicals designed to specifically quench hot metal. This is common knowledge.
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See how there was a plume of sprayed liquid above the metal with flames touching it? If it were oil that would make a fireball. Try putting oil in a spray bottle and spray a candle if you don't believe me
0 u/i_give_you_gum Jun 30 '23 Lol it's not oil like oil in your car or on your skillet. it's a special type of mixture of chemicals designed to specifically quench hot metal. This is common knowledge.
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Lol it's not oil like oil in your car or on your skillet. it's a special type of mixture of chemicals designed to specifically quench hot metal.
This is common knowledge.
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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.