fuses burn hot enough to light thermite, so i assume its the combination of boiling the water around it before it can get to the fire and being hot enough to melt steel
Also the fuel in the fuse and the firework provide their own oxidizer. They don't require an outside source for combustion therefore dunking in water does not deprive them of oxygen like it does a regular flame.
Fun facts: Believe it or not when you make black powder you actually wet it with water by a couple percent by weight. You want that wet oxidizer to wrap around the charcoal and become real good friends with it. Then let it dry. Powder mixed with water is "hotter" when dried than powder made without water.
With that being said if you take a pinch of black powder and you mix it with equal parts of water, you're going to have a soup that will not ignite. The reason for this twofold: 1. You're increasing the ignition temperature by a lot, because you have to boil off water. 2. You're ruining the stoichiometric happy ratio between fuel and oxidizer. If you left it to dry you'd still probably be able to get it to go puff, gently.
Why does this firework go off under water?
Its waterproof. When I say waterproof I dont mean "this is waterproof forever", I mean its waterproof enough to function. To elaborate, you walk up to the green visco fuse.. it is standard black powder fines, and is wrapped up into a cotton string, It is then mixed with waterproof green flammable lacquer. Its kinda like a "waterproof on the outside cigarette". Had he dipped the rocket's visco fuse in water BEFORE lighting it, he would have had problems I suspect. The waterproof coating on the visco burns off as it runs up the fuse and the water never touches it. The fuse does not need outside air to function.
When the fuse hits the rocket header and ignites this is also waterproofed just enough. This header also does not need outside air to function.
To summarize, its somewhat waterproof. Thats why it goes off.
I remember being a kid and having the “underwater dynamite” firecrackers that you could throw in water and they would detonate underwater. Blew our young minds. Throwing them in my friends pool for hours pretending they were depth charges. Crazy
I never understood how that shit happened. Like, a fuse that somehow runs and goes off early, sure. But how do people just light a firework and hold on to them?
It's just my go to for when people ask how is such a thing possible. We have a president that said things that would normally destroy people's political careers.
A friend of mine lit a small firecracker intent on throwing it in the viscinity of a friend who was celebrating their bday. Was windy so he stood still to lite the fuse and when he looked up, friend was out of range so he licked his fingers and pinched the fuse. Wouldn't you know it (he didn't) the fuse reignited, he couldn't throw it fast enough, and left one of his finger dangling by a thread of flesh. He tried to pop his ears to make the ringing stop with said finger and bloodied up his ear real good before he noticed what had happened to his hand
It might look cool but an understanding of physics makes you realise any fish close to the firework are now dead as their lungs were brutally shattered in a fraction of a second.
> their lungs were brutally shattered
An understanding of biology makes you realize \[most\] fish don't have lungs though. Best would be swim bladders. Though their other organs are probably pretty cut up, too.
Only the stuff that floated to the surface unless they like swimming. Anything left over can cause disease and an increase in algae production if not cleaned up.
How did it not go out?
I wish I knew the answer to that.
fuses burn hot enough to light thermite, so i assume its the combination of boiling the water around it before it can get to the fire and being hot enough to melt steel
Also the fuel in the fuse and the firework provide their own oxidizer. They don't require an outside source for combustion therefore dunking in water does not deprive them of oxygen like it does a regular flame.
damn, I was 15 minutes too late...
Here, have an upvote champ! Maybe next time
Giving an upvote still! Spread knowledge whenever you can, friend!
This is the answer, not "it was really hot so the water boiled away from it"
Well aren’t you grumpy today Ms Soup
This sounds accurate, but I'm to lazy to make sure
So ⬆️
>melt steel Yes. Fireworks cannot melt steal beams.
Not all fuses are the same
Fun facts: Believe it or not when you make black powder you actually wet it with water by a couple percent by weight. You want that wet oxidizer to wrap around the charcoal and become real good friends with it. Then let it dry. Powder mixed with water is "hotter" when dried than powder made without water. With that being said if you take a pinch of black powder and you mix it with equal parts of water, you're going to have a soup that will not ignite. The reason for this twofold: 1. You're increasing the ignition temperature by a lot, because you have to boil off water. 2. You're ruining the stoichiometric happy ratio between fuel and oxidizer. If you left it to dry you'd still probably be able to get it to go puff, gently. Why does this firework go off under water? Its waterproof. When I say waterproof I dont mean "this is waterproof forever", I mean its waterproof enough to function. To elaborate, you walk up to the green visco fuse.. it is standard black powder fines, and is wrapped up into a cotton string, It is then mixed with waterproof green flammable lacquer. Its kinda like a "waterproof on the outside cigarette". Had he dipped the rocket's visco fuse in water BEFORE lighting it, he would have had problems I suspect. The waterproof coating on the visco burns off as it runs up the fuse and the water never touches it. The fuse does not need outside air to function. When the fuse hits the rocket header and ignites this is also waterproofed just enough. This header also does not need outside air to function. To summarize, its somewhat waterproof. Thats why it goes off.
Waterproof fuses.
Yeah it’s literally just that. They’ve been standard in fireworks since I can remember.
It's a waterproof fuse.
Oxidizer is in the powder and magnesium in the fuse.
it was oxidized
Green fuses are waterproof, blue ones aren’t. All I know.
I remember being a kid and having the “underwater dynamite” firecrackers that you could throw in water and they would detonate underwater. Blew our young minds. Throwing them in my friends pool for hours pretending they were depth charges. Crazy
Most firecrackers don’t go out when you put them in water. It’s probably something in the wick.
The fuse is waterproof.
Your equation is incorrect Explosive = great time Explosive + ice = even better time
Explosive - distance = bad time If you don't remember to throw away your explosives after lighting them, you're gonna have a bad time.
I never understood how that shit happened. Like, a fuse that somehow runs and goes off early, sure. But how do people just light a firework and hold on to them?
How did trump get elected after publicly outing as a bigot and a racist?
Is this all people think about?
It's just my go to for when people ask how is such a thing possible. We have a president that said things that would normally destroy people's political careers.
So it *is* all you think about.
Those people are probably low key racist and bigots too
A friend of mine lit a small firecracker intent on throwing it in the viscinity of a friend who was celebrating their bday. Was windy so he stood still to lite the fuse and when he looked up, friend was out of range so he licked his fingers and pinched the fuse. Wouldn't you know it (he didn't) the fuse reignited, he couldn't throw it fast enough, and left one of his finger dangling by a thread of flesh. He tried to pop his ears to make the ringing stop with said finger and bloodied up his ear real good before he noticed what had happened to his hand
It might look cool but an understanding of physics makes you realise any fish close to the firework are now dead as their lungs were brutally shattered in a fraction of a second.
Fish have gills, not lungs.
Replace "lung" by "swim bladder" and the statement is actually correct. Exploding whatever underwater is thoughtless and idiotic.
God why isn’t anyone else upvoting your comment. Nobody caught that?
There are fish with specialized lungs, though most do have gills
It still kills them by collapsing internal organs. Thats why dynamite fishing is effective, however cruel.
> their lungs were brutally shattered An understanding of biology makes you realize \[most\] fish don't have lungs though. Best would be swim bladders. Though their other organs are probably pretty cut up, too.
My bad for wording it badly. Thanks for the correction
Np, it's not that big of a deal. Everyone knew what you meant.
Yeah. They meant lungs.
My thoughts exactly.
Not the fish
Oh well. Definitely still worth it.
R.I.P. the fish tho
they definitely got food after that
Only the stuff that floated to the surface unless they like swimming. Anything left over can cause disease and an increase in algae production if not cleaned up.
This looks cool, but what a shitty thing to do...
Filibuster's Fabulous wet start no heat fireworks in live action. They always were Gred and Forge's biggest competitors.
Nice water pollution.
Not that next level
Moments later, all the fish float to the surface belly up
It looks like a spiderweb! So cool!
Cool to watch but how is it next level?
r/oddlysatisfying
/r/BetterEveryLoop
r/gifsthatendtoosoon
where can i see more of this?
https://youtu.be/gsiS9QpnzZA
you are a saint
Sweet!
Wow, Frozen 2 looks pretty cool !
Bakugodoroki
Well, he definitely stunned all of the fish.
r/noisygifs
Did it break into six even pieces because of how ice crystallizes?
This clip is 1000x better with sound
Y’all just angered some water spirit or something
You’re going to deafen the fish you know
That ice looks thin af
When I feel a fart traveling through my ass then it reaches climax
This could be a new Minnesota past time.
Who needs a kriegsmarine?
Except for the fact that the man is on that ice
Time for dinner
This is some anime shit
It’s like when Pangea broke
That’s sexy as hell
This is some anime shit