one of my friends claims to have burned water. this makes no sense to me unless the water was contaminated by something that would have burned....however, that would mean that it wasnt the water burning.
my friend claims the water was not contaminated. is this possible that instead of water evaporating, it burned?
2006-12-09 05:13:19 · 15 answers · asked by Bandit 1 in Environment
No you can't burn water but you can burn the components of the molecule. Use Electrolysis to split the water molecule then you can burn the hydrogen and oxygen. So in a technical way you are burning the water.
2006-12-09 07:26:14 · answer #1 · answered by Demonspawn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think your friend could burn water, but it you find a way to separate water into hydrogen and oxygen you may be able to propose an argument that you have burned water.
Note this is not the same as evaporation or converting the water into steam, as the molecule is still preserved.
2006-12-09 05:19:45 · answer #2 · answered by Action 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If "burning" means oxidation by combustion in the everyday sense, then pure water is the by product of the burning of hydrogen. It is the product of burning, not a fuel for combustion.
However, if "burning" means that something takes on more oxygen by whatever means (not necessarily combustion), then water can take on more oxygen to become hydrogen peroxide, which is a strong oxidizing agent.
Can you put water in a pan and burn it? NO!
2006-12-09 07:40:22 · answer #3 · answered by Jerry P 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your friend must be very smart. Did he or she show you this trick? What chemical property did the water have? As far as I know water can be converted from liquid to gas by way of evaporation but cannot be burned unless the chemical properties are changed.
2006-12-09 05:21:33 · answer #4 · answered by gnatlord 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Burning something involves it changing it's chemical composition.
When something burns it combines with oxygen. Water is the result to hydrogen "burning"... it already combined with oxygen. You really could say that it is already burnt and therefore will not burn again.
Water, H2O, has no way of changing its composition, except for evaporation.
So no, that's a load of bullsh*t. You can burn milk, wood, etc... but not already oxygenated molecules like water.
2006-12-09 05:18:01 · answer #5 · answered by Somebody, somewhere 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No that is not obtainable. Burning toast happens while there's a warmth source. If there is warmth utilized to ice that is going to become water and then into steam. that is because of the fact warmth provides skill to the H20 molecules, and as they income skill and pass around greater it differences stages. in case you're conversing approximately ignition i don't understand if organic H20 is flamable.
2016-10-18 00:46:04 · answer #6 · answered by mulry 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Burning is an oxydation (adding oxygen) process. Water is H2O. As somebody once put it to me - Water is the ash you get when you burn hydrogen. You can't burn ash.
2006-12-09 05:18:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, you cannot burn water. Some people claim that they can burn water as an illustration of their cooking skills (or lack of).
2006-12-09 05:21:15 · answer #8 · answered by Jimmy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if by "burn" you mean "reacts with some other substance in a
way that generates heat, light, hot gases" then water will
react that way with Caesium metal, or with a jet of Fluorine gas.
If by burn you mean to react that way with OXYGEN, then the answer is no.
2006-12-09 05:18:25 · answer #9 · answered by warren_d_smith31 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it would be boiling water to steam to evaporation... try it, take a tin container, heat it up, pour water on it, and it sizzles... tell him to prove that he can burn water which is impossible as there is no such.
2006-12-09 05:17:56 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋