wheres the kaboom

Factual Questions
1

As most of us know,there are three things needed to produce fire:fule, oxogen and heat.
eg. A mixture of oxogen and hydrogen when exposed to a source of heat or spark will explode.Enough of it and it will explode violantly.
I decided to put this to a test . I placed a mixture of oxogen and hydrogen over a source of heat,covered it,…and ran like hell.I waited for the explosion and there was none.
I then took the mixture and placed it on an open flame,covered it,and again ran like hell.After a few minutes of trying to catch my breath(from all that runing) I again noticed…nothing. My question is-why???
I waited and waited and waited,the only thing that happened was the water boiled.

Wheres the KABOOM theres supposed to be an earth shatering KABOOM.- Marvin the martian-

2

this post dosent even deserve an insult…

“Bones, help that man!” – “Damnit Jim, I’m a doctor not a doc…I’ll get right on it.”

3

Try this link and see…
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/970905.html

This is getting hard. Somebody relieve me. (A Wallian exclamation)

4

A technotroll ?

Water is not a simply a homogeneous ‘mixture’ of hydrogen and oxygen. It is what I believe is called a molecule, formed by electrochemical bonds. I will leave the details to those who are well versed in the technical details.

5

To Kinoons
As it turns out water can bun .(or atleast according to Cecil)
Perhaps you should check the link above. :smiley:
Thank you Rysdad

6

Once again Cecil comes through.

J P, try your experiment again, but this time, fill the room with fluorine gas first.

breathe deeply.

7

Yes, you can get water to burn in the presence of fluorine gas, but you didnt say anything about that

“Bones, help that man!” – “Damnit Jim, I’m a doctor not a doc…I’ll get right on it.”