fire underwater? -amazing science questions

zаph

can some explain how bomb fuse wire can burn underwater. does it extract oxygen from water molecules?

Son Goku

Why don't you just put the questions in one thread?

StonedParadoX

wow i never thought about that

someone answer us

el tel

Before you ask your imbecilic questions
why don't you just go to google and find out?
It would be just as easy and much quicker for you.

quarryman

lads it quite obviously works by magic.

Son Goku

Why are you guys bothering to spam here?
It's just going to be deleted.

astec123

In simple terms a fuse (or fire) needs 3 things heat fuel and o2 (oxygen) the absence of any of these and the fire wont burn. On these fuses its usually that the fuse has some o2 content on it to keep it burning. And for the resulting explostion, it depends on what the contents of the "canister" is.

zаph

what would a super high energy elementary particle look like? if it had enough energy to be the size of a marble and you could hold it in your hand?

Sapien

z&#1072 wrote: »

what would a super high energy elementary particle look like? if it had enough energy to be the size of a marble and you could hold it in your hand?

:mad: Why do you hate science?

zаph

Sapien wrote:

:mad: Why do you hate science?

i don't. its my favourite subject

meditraitor

z&#1072 wrote: »

i don't. its my favourite subject

Why has your post count been reduced?

zаph

meditraitor wrote:

Why has your post count been reduced?

i put it back to zero accidentally

Gilgamesh

z&#1072 wrote: »

what would a super high energy elementary particle look like? if it had enough energy to be the size of a marble and you could hold it in your hand?

like this

meditraitor

z&#1072 wrote: »

i put it back to zero accidentally

Must be the beard, I didnt recognise you!

rob1891

magnesium burns under water doesn't it? You could try making your bomb fuse with that ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnesium (read precautions)

zаph

if we had a pole long enough could we use it to nudge the moon into a different orbit?

meditraitor

z&#1072 wrote: »

if we had a pole long enough could we use it to nudge the moon into a different orbit?

You'd have to watch you didnt poke your eye out though, god forbid

Gilgamesh

z&#1072 wrote: »

if we had a pole long enough could we use it to nudge the moon into a different orbit?

and if I had a stick long enough, would I be able to hit you over the head from where I am currently sitting?

rcaz

astec123 wrote:

In simple terms a fuse (or fire) needs 3 things heat fuel and o2 (oxygen) the absence of any of these and the fire wont burn. On these fuses its usually that the fuse has some o2 content on it to keep it burning. And for the resulting explostion, it depends on what the contents of the "canister" is.

If the "canister" is watertight, then surely it shouldn't matter if there's no oxygen in the explosive. Just something to expand. The pressure from the water should make the explosion greater, like wrapping a tennis ball bomb in duct tape (too much anarchists cookbook )

nesf

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