Nick Moore - 2014-07-02
Why water can not be used to put out an oil fire.
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very cool vid Love that you took the time to explain what was happening and what you where doing , something a lot of others dont bother to do.
Part of the cool factor to any interesting slow-mo is knowing why it happens. The "why" is what makes me film these videos.
Interesting to see the experiment this way arround! Most people just pour water in boiling/burning oil... Because it's more spectacular, I guess... :)
But that way you don't get to see exactly how little water it takes for things to go wrong. I was very surprised the first time I saw it happen.
Great video, yeah water expands to sixteen hundred times its liquid volume when it flashes to steam. That why unvented hot water cylinders in homes can be very dangerous if not installed properly using the correct safety devices.
Good stuff, great video!
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
Excellent video! I find the videos you release are very informative and intelligent.
Thank you, I try to explain as much as I can. Seeing it on its own is neat but know why it happened makes it so much cooler for me.
Sweet; Physics Girl's giving you some traffic!
She contacted me a few days ago, I was surprised how fast the video went up. I'm still not sure I would put my hand in hot oil though.
A comedian has a bit about when he was a teen working at KFC, the older cook battered his finger and fried it (without injury) in front of him. The comedian fainted. :)
That was a really nice video. Best explanation I've seen of this
Great work!
I'm here from physics girl too. Great vid bro!
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Woah that was really helpful to understand the concept with a practical video!! Thanks for sharing !!! you earned my sub
Great explanation! Thank you..
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Really good video
Wish I knew this three years ago- would have avoided a third degree burn on half my hand. Be careful guys!
Very cool. I like most people did not know the exact reason why not to do this.
I had an idea what it was going to be like but I was very surprised the first time that water popped.
plz smile a bit,it helps me watch this video
This was filmed last November, I've been trying to be a little better on camera since then.
Superb explanation!
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now you will have to work Moore, since Physics girl sent us all to your channel :)
No pressure O.O
Can we fly small homemade rocket using this?
I did it today while cooking the oil exploded while the pan was in my hand and I got spreyed with hot oil...
Two words, Baking soda. Or the cover of the frying pan. suffocate it.
That's a lot of energy from just one drop of water!!
The drop of water acts like an energy storage cell, absorbing more and more heat until can release it all at once by evaporating into steam.
0:10 but not many people know why
I'm surprised by this. I just kinda expect everybody to know things I know.
The oil I used to fry some plantains was getting a bit chaotic, so I thought, "Pour some cool water to bring it to a simmer of sorts."
I heard the loud crackling and literally hopped over my dishwasher and hid behind the counter, watching the eruption of scalding hot oil and charred plantain
So water is fuel
Dude this happend to me today because im stupid af
How do yo put out an oil fire without water and without an extinguisher?
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@Nick Moore I do
Markiplier?
I'm saying this before watching the video (to see how blatantly wrong or curiously close I may be), but I believe you can't put out oil with a fire because oil rises to the surface of water because of its buoyancy.
Well... I was half right. I didn't think about the oil being so hot it'd separate the oxygen and hydrogen molecules...
@Jesse Crandle The water doesn't separate, it only boils into steam but the rapid boiling throws the oil so violently that it turns into an aerosol, allowing the oil to come in contact with more oxygen in the atmosphere.
@Nick Moore Oh ok, silly me. I've used electrolysis (if you haven't looked into it it's very interesting and works well) to clean rust off of steel before, and I know that the process actually separates the hydrogen and oxygen. Many videos talking about electrolysis say to keep it in a well ventilated area so as to not cause an explosion if the hydrogen or oxygen comes in contact with a spark or pilot light. I really doubt that electrolysis separates enough oxygen and hydrogen to pose an explosion hazard though.
@Jesse Crandle At the scale of a home user i doubt it would be enough to explode either but hydrogen being lighter than air makes it act in funny ways. It could pool at the ceiling and build up over a long time. I should try that
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Flour can work. Smothering is best. Don't use sugar
oil has Higher boiling pt. than Water. so when water is added to Oil which is heated more than 100℃ the water evaporates Instantly. the oil molecules Try to cover up the Space Left by the Water molecules. thus Collison of oil Molecules takes place leading to explosion.
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