how does a burst gas pipeline catch fire and then continue to burn under water?
In: Chemistry
It won’t catch fire underwater, but the gas will bubble to the surface and mix with air. That gas and air mix is flammable, and if it will ignite – possibly explosively – if there is any source of ignition.
If there are enough gas bubbles, then one bubble will keep burning long enough to ignite the next one. There was plenty of gas bubbles in the recent leak to keep it burning.
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