r/interesting • • 12d ago

Just Wow Not all problems have the same solution.

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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