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2006-06-21 06:16:24 · 7 answers · asked by hobbbes72 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Heat it so it melts. Run electricity through to cause the hydrogen and oxygen to separate and you will have some very flammable gases. Or add a metal like cesium. It reacts very violently with water.
2006-06-21 06:19:18 · answer #1 · answered by dch921 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
don't know, but ice and fire can cancel each other out
Step #1) The fire melts the ice into water.
Step #2) The water puts of the fire.
Step #3) The water still stays there, and by evaporation it will evaporate, and come back to the earth again!!
2006-06-21 06:21:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It really can
Extremely reactive substances like Sodium, Magnesium or Grignard Reagents will catch fire in contact with ice. Actually its the thin film of water on the ice which does the job.
2006-06-21 06:21:02 · answer #3 · answered by ag_iitkgp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They did this on an episode of "Mythbusters"...they took ice and shaped it into a lens to focus the sunlight.
Worked...just don't let the melting ice put out your fire lol
2006-06-21 07:12:01 · answer #4 · answered by tcope5 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the ice is methane ice (water ice with large amounts of methane in it), it will burn the methane in it, making it look like the actual ice is on fire.
2006-06-21 06:24:12 · answer #5 · answered by soulestada 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes! Get pure water and boil all the gas out of it and then seal it in airtight bag and then freeze it. Then carve it into a magnifying glass shape and, just like a magnifying glass it can be used to focus sun light onto flammable material and, hey presto, you have fire!! Marvellous!!
2006-06-21 06:23:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shape it into a lens and use the sun to start it.
2006-06-21 06:19:48 · answer #7 · answered by Hax 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋