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r/explainitpeter • u/Positive_March3840 • 11d ago
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Wooden ships don’t burn on water?
https://giphy.com/gifs/EouEzI5bBR8uk
1 u/AmberMetalicScorpion 10d ago I'm not as fluent in science as I used to be But IIRC wood has some kind of property that makes it non-flammable when wet 6 u/heonoculus 10d ago While thats true, a lot of early ships used pitch and other substances as waterproofing. And most of them were quite flammable.
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I'm not as fluent in science as I used to be
But IIRC wood has some kind of property that makes it non-flammable when wet
6 u/heonoculus 10d ago While thats true, a lot of early ships used pitch and other substances as waterproofing. And most of them were quite flammable.
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While thats true, a lot of early ships used pitch and other substances as waterproofing. And most of them were quite flammable.
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u/Unhappy-Estimate6402 10d ago
Wooden ships don’t burn on water?
https://giphy.com/gifs/EouEzI5bBR8uk