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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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You can't burn water, because it's already burnt (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Fire is the rapid oxidation of a material. Water is 2 hydrogen and 1 oxygen. Every molecule is fully oxidized. It's also a common byproduct of fire. Therefore, you can't burn it, because it's already burnt

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Or Chlorine Trifluoride. That's some "no way in hell" stuff right there.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Isn't this the stuff that the fascists tried to weaonize in WWII, but it was too dangerous to handle and it, like, burnt down a concrete bunker or something?

[–] Fordiman 6 points 1 year ago

For reference

[–] intelati 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It is apparently about the most vigorous fluorinating agent known, and is much more difficult to handle than fluorine gas. That’s one of those statements you don’t get to hear very often, and it should be enough to make any sensible chemist turn around smartly and head down the hall in the other direction.

https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/sand-won-t-save-you-time