Monday 31 March 2014

What happens when water is poured into boiling liquid?

What happens when water is poured into boiling liquid?

The whole place blows up and get into fire. This is because water and oil don’t mix and water is more dense than oil. When one pours water into a flaming pan of oil, it wants to sink to the bottom. When it does, it comes in contact with the very hot pan and the oil which is above the boiling point of water. So water instantly vaporizes into steam. 


The instantaneous phase change, from a liquid to a gaseous state, is accompanied by a tremendous expansion. Because the water (now steam) is below the oil, it expands rapidly upward, explosively expelling the flaming oil. It atomizes the oil, in the process, oxygenating it and effectively creating a volcanic blow torch. 

So don't do that in your houses. Every year hundreds of people get admitted in hospital because of this explosion. Check out other stuffs from this blog to Explore Your Knowledge.
Thank Us By Liking Us And Visiting Other Blog Pages.....


4 comments: