# wheres the kaboom **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 7, 2000, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-kaboom/9844 "2000-04-07T03:15:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![J\_P\_Rap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/45deac/32.png) [@J\_P\_Rap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J_P_Rap)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2000, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-kaboom/9844/1 "2000-04-08T03:00:00Z")
## 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- ---
**Author:** ![kinoons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a698b9/32.png) [@kinoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kinoons)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2000, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-kaboom/9844/2 "2000-04-08T03:12:00Z")
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.” ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2000, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-kaboom/9844/3 "2000-04-08T03:14:00Z")
Try this link and see… [http://www.straightdope.com/columns/970905.html](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/970905.html) * * * This is getting hard. Somebody relieve me. (A Wallian exclamation) ---
**Author:** ![Oblio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c4cdca/32.png) [@Oblio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oblio)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2000, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-kaboom/9844/4 "2000-04-07T03:15:00Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![J\_P\_Rap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/45deac/32.png) [@J\_P\_Rap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J_P_Rap)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2000, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-kaboom/9844/5 "2000-04-07T03:25:00Z")
To Kinoons As it turns out water can bun .(or atleast according to Cecil) Perhaps you should check the link above. 😃 Thank you Rysdad ---
**Author:** ![pmh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/df705f/32.png) [@pmh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pmh)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2000, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-kaboom/9844/6 "2000-04-07T03:26:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Rysdad: > \*\*Try this link and see… > [http://www.straightdope.com/columns/970905.html](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/970905.html) > \*\* Once again Cecil comes through. J P, try your experiment again, but this time, fill the room with fluorine gas first. breathe deeply. ---
**Author:** ![kinoons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a698b9/32.png) [@kinoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kinoons)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2000, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-kaboom/9844/7 "2000-04-07T04:12:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by J P Rap: > **To Kinoons > As it turns out water can bun .(or atleast according to Cecil) > Perhaps you should check the link above. 😃 > Thank you Rysdad** 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.”