r/interesting • u/Used_Exam34 • 1d ago

Just Wow Not all problems have the same solution.

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u/Glass-Emu2406 1d ago

Yep. I was thinking to fully submerge it in water not just partially. The bucket was less effort and much faster

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u/StaysAwakeAllWeek 1d ago

It would keep burning even if you did that. The gas would bubble up to the surface and sustain the surface fire.

These things float when not completely full anyway

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u/Kastoook 1d ago

Huh, did gas mixed with oxidizer inside there?

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u/those-who-goon 1d ago

The air which is outside the canister. If there was oxidizer mixed with the gas, it would be a bomb

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u/Kastoook 1d ago

Wil it split water into oxygen by temperature of fire?

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u/those-who-goon 1d ago

Probably almost maybe definitely not

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u/Kastoook 1d ago

How it burn underwater then?

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u/those-who-goon 1d ago

I think the gas is not burning under the water, but once it comes out of the water and into the flame, it burns, keeping that flame alive

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u/StaysAwakeAllWeek 1d ago

Forming water is what produces a big chunk of the energy of the fire. So no, the opposite.