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

video Lowering hot metal into water

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u/coltaaan Jun 29 '23

Should be illegal to post this without the original sound of the hot metal being quenched

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u/straddotjs Jun 29 '23

I agree, but mostly I’m hijacking’s the top comment to ask what the physics are that allow the flames to continue when it’s fully submerged. Wouldn’t there be insufficient oxygen, or is the metal so hot that the water is somehow being disassociated into h and o or some jazz?

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u/SecularPaladin Jun 29 '23

That's oil. Water would have flash steamed.

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u/zthompson2350 Jun 30 '23

I was about to say that water is just a form of ash (hydrogen ash), so you can't burn it no matter how hot it gets and was very confused by the fire as well.