if you put enough force of fire its bound to break through something fire proof right?
2006-06-30 08:08:06 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
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2006-06-30 08:11:22 · answer #1 · answered by Lydia F 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Fire is simply a reaction at a molecular level, with the substance being 'burned' and oxygen. Everything reactions to heat in some way, but it doesn't mean you will necessarily have to get what you would consider 'fire'.
There are things, such as water, that will not catch fire when exposed to a flame, but the water itself will still react to the heat and evaporate. The water molecules will expand, which turns the water into water vapor.
2006-06-30 15:59:11 · answer #2 · answered by Justin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fireproof means it won't catch on fire, not that it won't melt/burst/etc. To burn, it has to combine chemically with oxygen. There are a lot of things that don't burn. All noble gases, for instance, never burn. For something to break, it just needs enough energy to overcome the electrical charge holding the atoms together. So the answer to your question is YES. With ehough force, you can break though anything.
2006-06-30 15:41:13 · answer #3 · answered by David J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pure Graphite is the only thing I can think of that's truly immune to fire (short of nuclear level heat anyway) This is because it is already in the lowest energy state possible, there is simply nothing more that could be done to it since its basically soot anyway.
2006-06-30 17:47:31 · answer #4 · answered by Paul 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are various levels of fire-proofness (can withstand ### degrees for ## minutes)
I.e. while you can burn a hole through concrete with a jet engine, a house fire never reaches the temperature of a jet stream, so conrete is fireproof in building contruction.
2006-06-30 15:11:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything is combustible as long as oxygen is present and enough energy (in the form of heat, electricity, etc.) is applied to the substance.
2006-06-30 15:25:37 · answer #6 · answered by the_way_of_the_turtle 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the only thing that is fire proof is water
2006-06-30 15:11:51 · answer #7 · answered by hot hunk69 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
anything in a container w/o oxygen is fireproof. fireproof only means that it can't burn and since fire is only energy, it really can't "break through" anything.
2006-06-30 16:12:29 · answer #8 · answered by The Frontrunner 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe ice, snow, dry ice, granite and other forms of rock, sand in all it's forms and water are all fireproof.
2006-06-30 15:13:16 · answer #9 · answered by luvtabbies 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
fire is fireproof. you cant burn fire, if you think about it, its true... even though thats probably not the answer you were looking for
2006-06-30 15:28:22 · answer #10 · answered by Newtibourne 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put enough heat to it and everything burns.
2006-06-30 15:11:45 · answer #11 · answered by jimragan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋