There's a video on youtube.com of people setting water on fire after AA batteries were soaking in it for 30 minutes.... is it that dramatic? I thought both the gases hydrogen and oxygen produced from that would explode, not burn.
2007-10-19 06:09:55 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
If he had added alcohol, it would have turned blue. It was yellow. Look it up.
2007-10-19 08:51:11 · update #1
That's crap
2007-10-19 06:27:42 · answer #1 · answered by haile d 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the video, he has obviously substituted alcohol for the water.
Now, when you put the batteries in the water, they will electrolyze to produce H2 and O2. If you ignite the gases in the glass, they will burn rapidly. But you can't take the batteries out and then light it...
2007-10-19 06:31:50 · answer #2 · answered by hcbiochem 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it relatively is technically obtainable- if the water is fairly polluted, like an oil spill, for example. even though it relatively is technically no longer the water it relatively is been set on hearth- it relatively is the oil; because of the fact oil would not blend with water, it sits on maximum suitable of the water. and because oil is fairly flammable, the oil can certainly be ignited.
2016-12-18 11:52:29 · answer #3 · answered by louthan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋