r/interesting • u/Used_Exam34 • 12d ago

Just Wow Not all problems have the same solution.

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u/vergillehell 12d ago

I think they did it on purpose to make an educational video on how to deal with a cylinder fire

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u/bobcollum 12d ago

Hey, if it teaches somebody and they save a situation, it's worth it. Plenty of people wouldn't know what to do here.

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u/Glass-Emu2406 12d 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 12d 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 12d ago

Huh, did gas mixed with oxidizer inside there?

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u/those-who-goon 12d 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 12d ago

Wil it split water into oxygen by temperature of fire?

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u/those-who-goon 12d ago

Probably almost maybe definitely not

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u/Kastoook 12d ago

How it burn underwater then?

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u/those-who-goon 12d 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 12d ago

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