can someone explain the science behind why getting fire wet puts it out?
In: Chemistry
Fire like all runway chemical reactions need energy to keep going called an activation energy. Without reaching this threshold the reaction will slow until it dies. Adding enough water or any non flammable liquid that has a high specific heat (amount of energy required to increase in temperature) will sap the energy from the reaction and kill it. Even if the water your adding is instantly vaporized if enough energy is removed the fire dies. The water doesn’t remove oxygen but rather removes energy.
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